This chapter reviews some of the technical challenges of context in designing and
interpreting corruption measurement. It focuses on the methods that have been developed …

This report is an overview of contemporary research on corruption. The main objectives of
the study have been to organise existing knowledge on corruption, discuss the major …

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The current literature contains mixed results regarding the impact of corruption on
entrepreneurship and economic growth. In this paper, we examine a much larger set of …

Corruption is a threat to democracy and economic development in many societies. It arises
in the ways people pursue, use and exchange wealth and power, and in the strength or …

This article explores the determinants of corruption in transition economies of the post–
Soviet Union, Central–Eastern Europe, and Western industrialized states. We look in–depth …

Per capita income and the quality of governance are strongly posi tively correlated across
countries. We propose an empirical strategy that allows us to separate this correlation into …

This paper uses a unique data set on corruption containing quantitative information on bribe
payments of Ugandan firms. The data have two striking features: not all firms report that they …

Abstract Kaufmann, Kraay and Mastruzzi present the newly updated estimates of six
dimensions of governance covering 209 countries and territories for five time periods: 1996 …

This report focuses on the dimensions of poverty, and how to create a better world, free of
poverty. The analysis explores the nature, and evolution of poverty, and its causes, to …