Women in Nigeria’s Lagos State are less likely to engage in corruption than men, according to a survey commissioned by the ACE Research Consortium and conducted last month by Pollit Analytics. The survey, carried out in the Nigerian presidential pre-election climate, asked 500 online respondents about their views on corruption. It offers a snapshot of perceptions and of personal involvement in corrupt activities in the state, as well as of differences by gender.

Should corruption be seen as a moral issue? It often seems so, and that attitude is often reflected in how societies decide it should be dealt with – punishment through the legal system or the rule of law. But there is also another way of thinking about corruption, which says that the historical social and economic structures in a country create the conditions for corruption.

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Prof. Obinna Onwujekwe and colleagues reflect on the first stage of their SOAS-ACE project delving into feasible approaches to healthcare corruption in Nigeria.

SOAS-ACE consortium colleagues work on our health projects discuss why it's time to engage with the issue of corruption in health systems.

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