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 … that both narratives in the debate are correct, contingent on the type of development assistance. The QR results are robust …

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 …

' in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note …’s consumption expenditure increases corruption. (2) Development assistance channeled via private investment and tax effort decreases …The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on 'the effect of foreign aid on corruption …

updated data(1996-2010) from 52 African countries we provide robust evidence of a positive aid-corruption nexus. Development …The Okada & Samreth(2012, EL) finding that aid deters corruption could have an important influence on policy and … academic debates. This paper partially negates their criticism of the mainstream approach to the aid-development nexus. Using …

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 …

Donor sponsored anti-corruption programmes represent an increasingly large segment of international development … assistance to Africa. While the ostensible objective of these programmes is to reduce African corruption, the generality of these … assess the generality of these programmes by looking at the specificity, relevance and fit of proposed anti-corruption …

Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has … of diversification in Africa's economies-in contrast to Asia's success stories. Structural adjustment did not change the … manufacturing and service clusters, Africa is yet to follow East Asia in integrating with the global economy in ways that add value …