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Corruption is one of the world's most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …
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Corruption is one of the world’s most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012428971
-based strategies exemplified under the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). …Africa's improved growth performance over the last 15 years provides an opportunity for the continent to transit from … recovery to structural transformation. This paper reviews the evolution of development theory and practice, the role of …
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. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption … rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577, economic growth reduces (increases) informal economic sector. The corruption … proxy is measured as a decreasing function of corruption such that higher levels of the corruption proxy translate lower …
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. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption … rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577, economic growth reduces (increases) informal economic sector. The corruption … proxy is measured as a decreasing function of corruption such that higher levels of the corruption proxy translate lower …
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last decade. It has been suggested that Brazil's unexpected successes are the outcome of a new model of development. The … worth considering whether there are any lessons from Brazil's development policies for Sub-Saharan African countries. …
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are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …
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are desperate, vulnerable, or demanding services particularly prone to corruption. The effect is strongest for bribery of …
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administration of tax and regulatory regimes--not higher tax rates alone--as well as corruption, that increases the size of the … firms experience a greater tax and regulatory burden, as well as more bribery and corruption. The unofficial economy is also … larger unofficial economy tend to grow more slowly. Thus, this framework suggests an additional channel whereby corruption …
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Some past theoretical models have predicted that bribes paid by firms to government officials are greater under a decentralized bureaucracy where a firm faces numerous officials. A “tragedy of the commons” arises where officials set bribe payments too high and so drive firms out of the...
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