impacts of public sector corruption on employment growth in MSMEs, as perceived by their managers/owners. The data originated … MSME managers/owners perceive that corruption in the public sector is generally linked to an increase in employment growth … in their firms. Medium-size enterprises benefit most from corruption in the public sector, whereas small-size firms …

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 …