This article examines how governance, particularly corruption control and political stability, affects deforestation … due to agricultural land expansion. We estimate the short-run and long-run effects of corruption control and political … run but an insignificant effect in the long run. In contrast, corruption control has a negative and significant effect on …

about state capacity in Nigeria by taking stock of economic and governance issues. Using a simple growth model, we … illustrate the interrelationships between natural resources, corruption and economic growth in Nigeria. We proposed anti-corruption …

conclude discussing the implications for the fight of more harmful forms of corruption. …

by low inflation, robust growth and low level of bureaucratic corruption due to better governance. In contrast, the … economic performance during the democratic regimes has been observed to worsen with weak governance and high levels of … corruption, high inflation due partly to reliance on seigniorage to finance public spending, and lackluster growth. Using annual …

This article is devoted to providing a working definition of corruption and an explanation as to the importance and the … effects of corruption. Included is a review of economic implications as well as an assessment of corruption as positive …

Corruption (the abuse of entrusted authority for illicit gain) is pervasive, hard to measure, and damaging both to … economic growth and human rights. Corruption is also intimately associated with trade. However, the international organization … governing trade, the WTO, says nothing about corruption. This paper uses qualitative and quantitative analysis to examine …

enforcers - on sequential, bilateral, illegal transactions such as corruption, manager-auditor collusion, or drug deals. It is … properly designed - leniency may simultaneously provide an effective governance mechanism for occasional sequential illegal …

(institutions, governance, and social and political participation). To take up this challenge, modules on Governance, Democracy and … in the political class; the “need for the State”, particularly of the poorest; the extent of petty corruption; the … reliability of expert surveys on governance; the perception of decentralisation policies at local level; the level and vitality of …

(english) The emergence of institutions, governance and especially corruption as major development considerations has … limits of global corruption indicators based on experts’ perceptions. The study draws on a wave of original surveys … of petty bureaucratic corruption and its characteristics. The second type (mirror survey) reports on 350 experts …