This paper tests whether corruption may act as an efficient grease for the wheels of an otherwise deficient … institutional framework. We analyze the interaction between aggregate efficiency, corruption, and other dimensions of governance for … a panel of 54 developed and developing countries. Using three measures of corruption and five measures of other aspects …

A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … the conventional definition of corruption as being too narrow, legalistic and unduly focused on the public sector, while …

poorer development outcomes. However, systematic cross-country evidence on the deleterious effects of clientelism on … development outcomes is lacking. In this paper we examine the relationship between political clientelism, public goods provision … political clientelism on development outcomes, with increases in clientelism leading to lower coverage of welfare programmes …

Corruption. These aggregate indicators are based on hundreds of specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring various …

Corruption. The latest aggregate indicators are based on hundreds of specific and disaggregated individual variables measuring …

Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law, and Control of Corruption. This …