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compromised by corruption. The analysis is based on a dynamic general equilibrium model in which growth is driven by capital … accumulation and public policy is administered by government-appointed bureaucrats. Corruption may arise due to the opportunity for … may be summarized as follows: (1) corruption impedes economic development and compromises the effectiveness of aid …
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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 …
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This note reconciles an on-going debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by introducing a previously missing …
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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 … corruption and institutions are: directly positive; conditionally positive with a magnitude dependent on initial institutional …
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The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on 'the effect of foreign aid on corruption …' in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note … extends the debate by assessing the channels of foreign aid to corruption in 53 African countries for the period 1996 …
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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 …
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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 … corruption and institutions are: directly positive; conditionally positive with a magnitude dependent on initial institutional …
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To study whether foreign aid fuels personal, regional and ethnic favoritism, we use satellite data on nighttime light for any region in any aid-recipient country, and we determine for each year and each country the region in which the current political leader was born. Having a panel with 22,850...
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An interesting area of research has emerged that explores the relationship between foreign aid and corruption in … developing countries. Several studies have found that corruption is festered by rent seeking activities in the recipient …, several studies have concluded that foreign aid helps curb corruption by improving the quality of governance. This study uses …
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from 2006-2009. Our study leverages granular military data on aid and conflict, and household survey data on corruption and … to curtail corruption, boost public opinion, and reduce conflict. But under donor fragmentation, the benefits of aid are … significantly reduced. Our results suggest under high volumes of aid provision, fragmentation facilitates corruption and thereby …
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