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across the best and worst corruption-fighting countries especially with respect to democracy, population growth and economic …
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components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity …-stability, regulation quality and rule of law. Findings indicate democracy has an edge over autocracy while the later and polity overlap. A … democracy that takes into account only the voice of the majority is better in government quality than autocracy, while a …
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propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …
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seriously in comparison to those that are lax on the issue. (4) Findings on democracy broadly indicate the democratization …
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(an) tool (impediment) in (to) the fight against corruption in Low (Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases …
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(an) tool(impediment) in(to) the fight against corruption in Low(Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases (decreases …
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Purpose – This paper examines whether initial levels in GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human development matter in the impact of aid on development. In substance its object is to assess if threshold development conditions are necessary for the effectiveness of...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the aid-development nexus in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010) and a new indicator of human development(adjusted for inequality). Design/methodology/approach – The estimation technique used is a Two-Stage-Least Squares...
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The Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) debate on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption’ has had an important influence in policy and academic circles. This paper provides a unifying framework by using investment and fiscal behavior transmission channels in 53...
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The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption’ in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note extends the debate by assessing the channels of foreign...
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