Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/123549 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/12/013
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
Why are some nations more effective at battling corruption than others? Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across developing nations? How do wealth effects play-out when existing corruption-control levels matter in the corruption battle? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption-control throughout the conditional distribution of the fight against corruption. The following broad findings are established. (1) Population growth is a(an) tool(impediment) in(to) the fight against corruption in Low(Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases (decreases) corruption-control in Middle(Low) income countries. As a policy implication, blanket corruption-control strategies are unlikely to succeed equally across countries with different income-levels and political wills in the fight against corruption. Thus to be effective, corruption policies should be contingent on the prevailing levels of corruption-control and income-bracket.
Subjects: 
Corruption
Democracy
Government quality
Quantile regression
Africa
JEL: 
C10
H10
K10
O10
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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