The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it …

positively correlated with corruption incidence, and exhibits a negative correlation with the quality of governance, degree of … agenda for reforms, such as trade and financial liberalization, the fight against corruption, and public sector …

This paper analyzes the impact of donor fragmentation on the quality of government bureaucracy in aid-recipient nations …

How corruption affects economic performance has been studied for over a decade. Yet the lack of detailed firm …-level data has limited research regarding who is carrying the real burden of corruption. This study shows that for firms in the …

This paper discusses mechanisms of grand corruption in private sector utility provision in developing countries. By the … term "grand corruption," the authors abstract from the petty corruption that consumers experience - for example, when firms … government level involving private sector management, ownership, and provision of utility services. Corruption at that level may …

probability of being discouraged, while knowledge of mechanisms to report corruption and extent of social network increase it … institutional factors. Econometric results suggest that corruption reduces the supply of services, while voice mechanisms and …

This paper studies the relationship between gender and corruption in the health sector. It uses data collected directly … payments as an indicator of corruption, women seem at first significantly less corrupt than men as consistently suggested by … advantage of corruption opportunities as men. Female-headed facilities also are not less likely to experience informal charging …

control of corruption, rule of law, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, political stability, and voice and …'s even more widely-known aggregate index similarly reflects perceptions not only of corruption, as intended, but of the …