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incidence of corruption is another distinctive feature of SSA. According to the last Transparency International Corruption … Perception Index almost 70% of SSA countries ranked register score below 3, indicating that corruption is perceived as rampant …. However, to the best of our knowledge the corruption and informality nexus has never been explored in comprehensive empirical …
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This article analyzes individual perceptions of the linkage between corruption and trust in political institutions in … 16 African democracies. Using perceived corruption and experienced corruption as indicators, it tests the functionalist … theories that portray corruption as a way to increase trust in political institutions by compensating for their …
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Fiscal constraints and policy changes to improve effectiveness of programs in reducing poverty has progressively led the international community to use tools for reaching the poor. Targeting antipoverty interventions is one of them. This paper aims at providing a general review of experiences of...
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The economic performances of oil exporting countries reveal a counter intuitive phenomenon: natural wealth is a limit for growth opportunities. Development experiences of many oil exporting countries prove that the possession of natural resources is often transformed into a curse. The literature...
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The purpose of this research was to examine student perceptions of academic integrity among faculty and peers at a sample of public universities in Romania. The study explores the factors that influence academic dishonesty among college students and compares the relative importance of faculty...
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consider that registration provides at least partial protection from corruption. Besides, access to information, the market and …
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Several similarities explain the spread of the Arab revolutionary process : the polarization of economies to limited sectors, a rentier-based management of resources, very low employment rates and extremely high rates of skilled migration. Finally, a similar external pact with the Western...
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shows that the two traditional visions of the consequences of corruption on trade coexist. …
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