This paper explores the potential for empirical analysis of corruption and countervailing action, based on data … corruption and direct forms of countervailing action comprehensively. This theory is borne out by data collected from three …

relevant threshold levels required for the various governance dynamics to cause Chinese FDI to equalise incomes in Africa. Our … propelling Chinese FDI towards the equalisation of incomes across the continent, governance mechanisms for ensuring political … stability, low corruption, and voice and accountability are keys. Finally, critical masses required for these three key …

FDI and various governance indicators (rule of law, control of corruption, regulatory quality, governance effectiveness … various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics …

institutional framework. We analyze the interaction between aggregate efficiency, corruption, and other dimensions of governance for … of governance, we observe that corruption is consistently detrimental in countries where institutions are effective, but …This paper tests whether corruption may act as an efficient grease for the wheels of an otherwise deficient …

While there's an outsized consensus within the empirical literature on the negative impact of corruption on the … economic process, some studies still argue that corruption could also be economically justified. There is, however, little … empirical evidence to validate the impact of corruption on economic growth within the devolved units. The effect of the …

Recent years have seen the emergence of a considerable volume of literature on governance and its role in economic and … number of serious conceptual, measurement, and data issues as well as the existence of an Asian governance paradox - i.e., a … general disjunction between growth and governance in most Asian economies. This paradox seems to suggest that much of the …

: there is little empirical data about why public servants might support or resist corruption and poor governance. This paper …The Papua New Guinea (PNG) government and international donors have spent millions of kina trying to improve governance … service to be rife with corruption. However, narratives about these problems have excluded public servants’ perspectives …

Corruption is widely believed to negatively affect economic growth. However, many East and Southeast Asia countries … either achieved or currently are achieving impressively rapid economic growth despite widespread corruption - the 'East Asian … of political institutions in mediating the corruption-growth relationship using panel data over one hundred countries for …

relevant threshold levels required for the various governance dynamics to cause Chinese FDI to equalise incomes in Africa. Our … propelling Chinese FDI towards the equalisation of incomes across the continent, governance mechanisms for ensuring political … stability, low corruption, and voice and accountability are keys. Finally, critical masses required for these three key …