Dishonest governance is rarely a single act or brazen deal; more often, it appears as a set of habits that spread through a ...

Does corruption grease or sand the wheels of economic growth? This paper provides a systematic evaluation of the effect of corruption on growth, using meta-analysis techniques for 460 estimates from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. Government corruption of any magnitude is a problem. It erodes ...

Emerging Markets Finance & Trade, Vol. 48, No. 2 (March-April 2012), pp. 29-43 (15 pages) Corruption has affected systems of governance for thousands of years. Existing evidence suggests that it is ...

Why has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In her new book, China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Boom and Vast Corruption (2020), Yuen Yuen Ang argues that not all types ...

President Uhuru Kenyatta presents a trophy to the best recruit all round Men Koech Lary during the National Youth Service (NYS) recruits Passing-Out Parade in Gilgil. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard] Kenya ...

The effects of apex corruption extend beyond democratic values. “They also decrease trust, not only in democratic ...

Patrick Tyrrell is a research coordinator in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for International Trade and Economics. Alexander Jelloian / @Ajelloian Alexander Jelloian is an intern in the Center for ...

Throwing the bums out is, for lack of a better word, good. Electing new political leaders and tossing out incumbents is correlated with improvements in economic growth and social well-being, according ...

A devastating picture of a nation crippled by crime and corruption, where economic growth is strangled and public trust has ...