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Using recently collected firm-level data from Egypt and Tunisia, this paper explores the effect of institutional … obstacles and corruption on the innovative behavior of firms and their effect on firms’ employment growth. We estimate the micro …-level interactions between corruption and institutional obstacles and test the hypothesis that corruption ‘greases the wheels’ of firm …
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This paper empirically tests whether individual-level informality status is linked to a weak social contract, as measured through individual perceptions of its various aspects. Accounting for workers’ heterogeneity and a possible simultaneity between informality status and attitudes towards...
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This paper investigates the effect of sectoral foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in Egypt, using a …
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Potential economic benefits of integrity and anti-corruption policies seem large. Nevertheless, much of the existing … paper reviews OECD’s involvement in integrity and anti-corruption agenda as well as available indicators of integrity and … anti-corruption policies and outcomes. It outlines avenues for future analysis that include assessment of public …
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This paper explores the flow of illicit narcotics transiting West Africa. It is divided into four sections, providing an overview of the nature and scope of the illicit narcotic economy, the networks and actors involved and its development impacts, including its resulting illicit financial...
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Illicit trade in goods that displace normally legal goods is an extensive global problem, which carries considerable development risks and losses for developing countries. Focusing on pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and consumer goods (which in itself consists of a broad range of goods), this...
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