The aim of this paper is to cover the gap in literature about transparency in the context of international trade … facilitation. It focuses on the importance of transparency in achieving growth in international trade and the differences between … non-transparent practices and corruption in global trade. Managing the disclosure of information about rules, regulations …

, the simplification and harmonization of documents, the streamlining of procedures and the use of automated processes. The …

corruption. Adverse interactions between politics, business and law enforcement generate obstacles for the rule of law and remain … énergiques dans la lutte contre la corruption. Des interactions indésirables entre la politique, les affaires et l'application de …

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 …

” to possibly corrupt customs officials. This finding is robust to the use of corruption measures based on perceptions and …This paper shows that longer trade times are associated with higher levels of trade-related corruption, consistent with … border procedures and rampant corruption acts as a significant drag on international trade, in line with the model …

It has been argued that greater transparency is needed to reduce corruption. One way of increasing transparency is … experiment to determine their effect on corruption. Using a sample of democratic countries and two different corruption indices …, I find that countries that adopted FOI laws saw an increase in corruption. Results are robust throughout different …

social perception on corruption. Approaching corruption and transparency from the perspective of the public integrity systems …The paper aims to achieve a synthesis of the systemic connections between corruption, transparency and quality of the … public services. Situated at the interface between public and private, corruption has the political and administrative …

contributes to the reduction of corruption. In this paper, which has its own methodology, the level of corruption is estimated and … regard to the civil service reform, the decentralization process and fight against corruption in the public administration … that the intensification of the reform process at civil service level leads to the reduction of the level of corruption …

Does a better monitoring (transparency) of officials lowers the incidence of corruption ? Using a common agency game … with imperfect information, we show that the answer depends on the measure of corruption that one uses. More transparency … for the agent’s favour. We show that transparency affects the prevalence of corruption at the margin through a competitive …