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Graft and corruption is considered to be one of the biggest threat to development. Several studies had shown the … tremendous impact of corruption in the economy. For a number of developing countries, a huge portion of government resources are … aims to contribute to the growing literature of understanding corruption in developing economies and creating the necessary …
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We investigate the relationship between corruption and political stability, from both theoretical and empirical … between total corruption and stability. On the empirical side, we find a robust U-shaped pattern between country indices of … corruption perception and various measures of incumbent stability, including historically-observed average tenures of chief …
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Stringent regulations coupled with corruption generate and sustain extra legal or informal transactions in the … developing countries. Does trade related reform discourage informal activities and corruption? This paper attempts to analyze … segment. Hence, trade reforms may have conflicting impact on informality and corruption. …
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exacerbates ineciency caused by corruption. Though designed to empower the underprivileged, the fate of such credit programs … largely depends on the eciency of the credit delivery system. Corruption often erodes this eciency. Nevertheless, when a … corrupt loan ocial and a borrower interact with symmetric information, credit terms can be so designed that corruption will …
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integration process has been led by India and Pakistan with limited participation of smaller South Asian economies. Tackling key … most gains for South Asia and that India has an incentive to include its neighbors in such an arrangement rather than going …
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integration process has been led by India and Pakistan with limited participation of smaller South Asian economies. Tackling key … most gains for South Asia and that India has an incentive to include its neighbors in such an arrangement rather than going …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147329
While there is a clear policy shift towards large-scale industrialization in the state of West Bengal (WB) during the early 1990s, not much improvement can be discerned in the performance of the manufacturing output. Moreover, contrary to the Indian experience, more than half of the...
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opportunity for India but also a long-term strategic shift in regional order. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate that for … historical, cultural, political as well as for substantial economic reasons India belongs to the East Asian table. It is time to …
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A crucial gap in the trafficking literature from India is the dearth of primary data and micro studies that could be … district in Andhra Pradesh to metropolitan cities across India and who have since returned to their homes. The paper attempted …
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The tribal population in the State of Andhra Pradesh, and in the country as a whole, is the most deprived and vulnerable community that faces severe economic exclusion. Although certain constitutional safeguards are provided, no significant economic, social and political mobility has taken place...
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