Despite a growing literature on the determinants of corruption, existing studies are sparse on the channels through … which social media curbs corruption using panel data. Social media is captured by the percentages of the population and …, judicial and legislative corruption. The use of social media by elites for OPA boosts corruption in the judicial sector …

Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making … corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third …, lifelong learning defined as knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary education negatively affects corruption …

We assemble more pieces on the puzzle of the aid-corruption nexus. In essence, we extend the debate on the effect of … foreign aid on corruption by providing evidence on dynamic effects of wealth, legal origin, religious-domination, regional … on corruption is most significant in: Middle-income, French civil-law, Christian-dominated, non-oil exporting and …

This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing …

This policy chapter summarises an evolving debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption and institutions. It … institutions. Moreover, another debate on the incidence of foreign aid distortions on corruption is also assessed in light of a … corruption and institutions are: directly positive; conditionally positive with a magnitude dependent on initial institutional …

The Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) debate on 'the effect of foreign aid on corruption' has … reducing (increasing) corruption (corruption-control) are discussed. …

Purpose - This paper assesses the determinants of corruption-control with freedom dynamics (economic, political, press … characteristic, the following findings have been established. (1) While political freedom increases corruption-control (CC) in a … tradition improves CC. Originality/value - We complement the literature on the fight against corruption in Africa by employing …

The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on 'the effect of foreign aid on corruption …' in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note … extends the debate by assessing the channels of foreign aid to corruption in 53 African countries for the period 1996 …

The Okada & Samreth(2012, EL) finding that aid deters corruption could have an important influence on policy and … updated data(1996-2010) from 52 African countries we provide robust evidence of a positive aid-corruption nexus. Development … assistance fuels(mitigates) corruption(the control of corruption) in the African continent. As a policy implication, the Okada …

Purpose - Is globalization instrumental in fighting corruption? Do wealth effects matter in this fight? Are findings … corruption (corruption-control) effects. Thus the intuition is assessing how globalization is instrumental in the fight against … corruption through human development (economic and social dimensions) and government quality (political dimension). Findings …