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Corruption, particularly political or quot;grandquot; corruption, distorts the entire decision-making process connected … presented shows that higher corruption is associated with (i) higher public investment; (ii) lower government revenues; (iii … that corruption increases public investment while reducing its productivity. These are five channels through which …
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This paper investigates the relationship between corruption and development. By a study of the determinants of the … phenomenon as well as its implications on growth, this paper address the corruption challenge faced by governments and … not entirely clear, it is however without debate to say that development is necessarily linked with anti-corruption …
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The focus of this paper is on improving governance through the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in the delivery of services to the poor, i.e., improving efficiency, accountability, and transparency, and reducing bribery. A number of papers recognize the potential benefits...
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Empirical studies emphasising supply factors argue that poor countries as a whole show a catching up tendency of rich countries as a whole. We offer a demand side SAM model to highlight the convergence in economic growth. The model predicts, after adjusting for peculiarities of economic systems,...
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The paper introduces the social accounting matrix, SAM, and treats the conversion of the SAM into an economy wide model that employs fixed relative prices and clears market imbalances via flexible quantities. The paper reviews multiplier results relating to the trade-off between economic growth...
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Corruption has fierce impacts on economic and societal development and is subject to a vast range of institutional …, jurisdictional, societal and economic conditions. Research indicates that corruption's predominantly negative effects have arisen to … impairing everybody's life. This paper provides a comprehensive state-of-the-art survey of existing literature on corruption and …
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Up until the 1980s, studies on corruption were dominated by disciplines of public administration and sociology. In the … International Agency, corruption, which has a negative impact on most macroeconomic indicators, is “the abuse of entrusted power for … private gain”. Even though the disruption of corruption causing weak growth and investment rates has long been examined, there …
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significant impact on the economic performance of countries. Logistics performance and corruption play an influential role in … to determine the efficiency level of trade based on both logistics performance and corruption levels. Research … determined according to both logistics performance and corruption scores. Research limitations - the research covers the years …
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