ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, African states were engaged in three major anti-corruption conventions. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) represents the first binding global agreement on corruption. The "Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption" was adopted by the heads of state at the African Union Summit held in Maputo on July 11, 2003, and the 15 ratifications required for entry into force of the AU Convention were reached in July 2006 and entry into force took place on August 5, 2006. This analysis uses the "Difference-in-Differences" (DID) estimator to assess the impact of these measures on stemming corruption in sub-Saharan Africa. The (Southern African Development Community) SADC "Protocol against Corruption" heralded as the first anti-corruption African treaty entered into force on July 6, 2005. Transparency International's Corruption Perspective Index (CPI) is the most widely disseminated corruption metric among policy makers.
