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A 2015 World Bank report on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) revealed that since the 1990s …' postulates that: (i) one unit of currency deposited abroad represents a loss in financial development at home (ii) a fraction of …
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Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making circles. This note extends what we know on this nexus in a threefold manner: namely, in terms of: incremental, lifelong learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are...
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We assemble more pieces on the puzzle of the aid-corruption nexus. In essence, we extend the debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by providing evidence on dynamic effects of wealth, legal origin, religious-domination, regional proximity, openness to sea, natural resources and...
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that both narratives in the debate are correct, contingent on the type of development assistance. The QR results are robust …
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recently celebrated literature on development assistance. Overall, the findings show that the effects of foreign aid on … capacity levels; contingent on fundamental characteristics of development due to heterogeneity and; indirectly positive or …, the sign on governance could change in light of governments’ commitment to increase its dependence on local tax revenues. …
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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 African...
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' in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note …’s consumption expenditure increases corruption. (2) Development assistance channeled via private investment and tax effort decreases …
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academic debates. This paper partially negates their criticism of the mainstream approach to the aid-development nexus. Using … updated data(1996-2010) from 52 African countries we provide robust evidence of a positive aid-corruption nexus. Development …
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