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Foreign Aid and Corruption : Clarifying Murky Empirical Conclusions
Efobi, Uchenna - 2019
This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012904576
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International Aid, Corruption and Fiscal Policy Behavior
Asongu, Simplice - 2014
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047703
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On the Dynamic Effects of Foreign Aid on Corruption
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021929
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The Evolving Debate on the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption and Institutions in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032539
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On the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032573
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Functioning of Political Institutions, Markets’ Operating Freedom and Growth in Less Developed Countries, 2001-2006 : A Quantitative Analysis
Sarkar, Prabirjit - 2015
This paper analyses a detailed dataset on various aspects of institutions relating to functioning of (a) political institutions and civil society, (b) market for goods and services, (c) capital market, and (d) labour market. Examining the correlations within and across these major aspects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021754
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Social Policy Development and Implementation
Terziev, Venelin - 2018
In modern world the significance and the understanding of different kinds of social policy and key actors are of extreme importance in development of strategic and program documents. The role and contribution of local authorities to social policy implementation is examined through the example of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922591
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Property Rights and Economic Development
Lee, Yong-Shik - 2021
Formal private property rights (“FPPRs”) have been advocated as an important prerequisite to economic development: a legal right to property ownership motivates economic players to engage in economic activities when these activities yield property interests, and this, in turn, contributes to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013251844
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The Role of Globalization in Modulating the Effect of Environmental Degradation on Inclusive Human Development
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study assesses how globalisation modulates the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using data for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical results are based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839246
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ICT for sustainable development : global comparative evidence of globalisation thresholds
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
The objectives of this paper are to investigate the effect of ICT on sustainable development and the mechanisms through which the effect is modulated. The methodology involves the: (i) Fixed Effects estimator to control for individual heterogeneity, (ii) Driscoll and Kraay estimator to control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650702