competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank …

for seeking stronger state capacity, lower corruption, better public services, improvements in political institutions more …

This essay first sets out the "business model" problems entailed by corruption and their effects as well as … corrupt practices. However, different economic policies can be pursued that are compatible with corruption. Some are more pro … resemble fairly orthodox economic policy prescriptions. Eventually the abolition of corruption holds the greatest promise to …

This paper adds to aid volatility literature in three ways: First it tests the validity of the aid volatility and … growth relationship from various aspects: across different time horizons, by sources of aid, and by aid volatility …. Third, when examining the relationship between International Development Association aid volatility and growth, it isolates …

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

Governance is central to development outcomes in infrastructure, not least because corruption (a symptom of failed … - primarily at the sector level - to improve governance and reduce the development impact of corruption. The discussion covers …

Control of Corruption. The aggregate indicators are based on several hundred individual underlying variables, taken from a …