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Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making … corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third …, lifelong learning defined as knowledge acquired during primary, secondary and tertiary education negatively affects corruption …
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stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate … corruption-control. On the other hand, in the absence such impunity from corruption, political instability further fuels … corruption. Our findings validate both hypotheses. Hence, contrary to a stream of the literature, we establish causal evidence of …
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classical corruption or extreme corruption could have an important influence on academic and policy debates. Using updated data …/no violence and corruption-control (corruption). As a policy implication, the finding of the underlying paper maybe more …
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With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the question on the extent to which … corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 … African countries using updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption …
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Purpose - Education as a weapon in the fight against conflict and violence remains widely debated in policy and academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge economy in 21st century development, this paper provides three...
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A previous analysis of the impact of formal institutions on the knowledge economy of 22 Middle-Eastern and Sub-Sahara African countries during the 1996-2010 time period concluded that formal institutions were necessary, but inadequate, determinants of the knowledge economy. To extend that study,...
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We argue that there exists an indirect link between globalization and the knowledge economy of African countries in which globalization influences 'peace and stability' and peace and stability affects governance, and through governance the knowledge economy. We model the link as a three-stage...
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Corruption remains a major challenge to sustainable economic growth, good governance, peace, and stability in both … corruption on hunger. Using three types of corruption (executive, legislative, and judicial corruption dynamics) and a panel of … 45 African countries, this study contributes to the literature on the effects of corruption by examining, as a first …
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rate, political stability and corruption shape the relationship between natural resources and tourism revenues. This study …. Second, above certain thresholds, natural resources curse the tourism sector through the corruption of exchange rate. These … activities that generate corruption and the adoption of appropriate exchange rate regime is recommended but this requires further …
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Despite a growing literature on the determinants of corruption, existing studies are sparse on the channels through … which social media curbs corruption using panel data. Social media is captured by the percentages of the population and …, judicial and legislative corruption. The use of social media by elites for OPA boosts corruption in the judicial sector …
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