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Corruption is one of the world's most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …
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Corruption is one of the world's most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012426257
This paper presents estimates of six dimensions of governance covering 199 countries and territories for four time periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions of governance, drawn from 25 separate data sources...
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Fiscal transparency has been consistently identified as a key feature of efficient fiscal policy and a prerequisite for good public governance. However, measuring fiscal transparency remains an empirical challenge, and extant literature on developing countries is still sparse. To that end, this...
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This paper examines the empirical relationship between the quality of the Indian judiciary and the economic development … of the Indian States and Union Territories. It evaluates this causality by analysing the development of the state …, such as agricultural production, private sector development, capital formation, poverty rates, public security and …
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This article is focused on analysing the new Albanian competition framework in its efforts to be approximated with European Competition policies. It recommends further steps to be undertaken by Albanian authorities for the modernisation and Europeanisation of its competition law regime....
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In transition and developing countries, we observe rather high levels of corruption even they have democratic political … corruption levels. Our model based on the fact that corrupt officials have to pay an entry fee to get lucrative positions. In a … probabilistic voting model, we show that a lack of financial institutions can lead more corruption as more voters are part of the …
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developmental obstacles of corruption and bribery. Nations pursuing development would best be served, therefore, by adopting the …While abundant research has demonstrated that E-government reduces corruption and improves bureaucratic productivity …, few studies have isolated the distinct effects of different types of E-government programs on rates of corruption and …
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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 … recently celebrated literature on development assistance. Overall, the findings show that the effects of foreign aid on …
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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 …
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