Corruption is attracting a lot of attention around the world. The paper surveys and discusses issues related to the … causes, consequences, and scope of corruption and possible corrective actions. It emphasizes the costs of corruption in terms … of economic growth. It also emphasizes that the fight against corruption may not be cheap and cannot be independent from …

resilient water policies and inclusive good governance …

-shaped or downward-sloping pattern. Corruption may affect this relationship in two distinct ways: by raising pollution at given … corruption on pollution. The indirect effect via income is positive or negative depending on the income level. If negative, the … corruption. Because this relationship is particularly strong at low income levels, developing countries can considerably improve …

relative to alternative strategies in terms of its efficiency and relative invulnerability to corruption. Institutions created … through CDR initiatives have endured in contexts in which other governance institutions have collapsed. CDR institutions have …

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 …

A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … underplaying the role of the private sector. We then challenge the notion that governance and corruption cannot be measured …