The impact of corruption on economic development - an analytical study.

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Law - Mansoura University

Abstract

Corruption is not only a local phenomenon; it is also a global phenomenon that varies in intensity from one country to another and from one society to another. The most harmful types of corruption occur in developing countries, especially in those that lack non-governmental organizations, those where civil society institutions have not yet matured, and those where such institutions are prohibited. These organizations and institutions greatly help in revealing the negative effects of corruption, as is the case in developed countries. Nevertheless, most studies that addressed the phenomenon of corruption in analysis and research until the early 1980s focused on social, cultural, and political aspects, neglecting the economic aspect of this phenomenon. One researcher attributes the delay of economists in addressing the phenomenon of corruption in study and analysis to two main reasons. First: Most economists do not agree on the meaning of the term "corruption", because this term is used to refer to a wide range of activities and practices that range from simple forms of abuse of public power by low-ranking government officials to some political leaders seizing or exploiting their countries' economic resources for personal gain, making corruption a vague term that is difficult for researchers to analyze its economic aspects. Second: The difficulty of using economic models to analyze and study the causes and economic effects of the phenomenon of corruption.

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