Press Freedom, Human Capital and Corruption

Ahrend, Rüdiger

doi:10.2139/ssrn.620102

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“…The widely employed Human Development Index (HDI) encapsulates three main components: GDP per capita, literacy and life expectancy. Countries with the least levels in per capita economic prosperity, education and life expectancy have the tendency to be the most corrupt (Ahrend, 2000;Aidt et al, 2008;Orces, 2009) 3 . From a general standpoint, corruption is inversely related to the HDI.…”

Section: Human Development and Corruptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Globalization, (Fighting) Corruption and Development: How are These Phenomena Linearly and Nonlinearly Related in Wealth Effects?

Asongu

2012

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Design/methodology/approach -Though not in form, yet in substance the intuition and motivation are compatible with those of Lalountas et al. (2011). Four hypotheses are tested from different methodological and contextual standpoints. In the analysis, while the economic and social dimensions of globalization are reflected in the HDI, the political dimension is captured by good governance indicators. A TSLS-IV estimation technique is applied where-in globalization instruments of trade and financial liberalization are instrumented on human-development and government-quality to account for corruption (corruption-control) effects. Thus the intuition is assessing how globalization is instrumental in the fight against corruption through human development (economic and social dimensions) and government quality (political dimension). Terms of use: Documents in

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Section: Human Development and Corruptionmentioning

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“…Thus, the HDI has a negative incidence on corruption (Orces, 2009). Education mitigates corruption especially in countries with high levels of civic monitoring of those in power (Ahrend, 2000) 4 .…”

Section: Human Development and Corruptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Globalization, (Fighting) Corruption and Development: How are These Phenomena Linearly and Nonlinearly Related in Wealth Effects?

Asongu

2012

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“…See Ahrend (2002). designed to address the determinants of privatised enterprise performance in Russia, find strong complementarities between four factors that, taken together contribute to significant improvements in enterprise performance: private ownership; good corporate governance; market structures and competition; and hard budget constraints. This confirms the view that these factors need to be considered jointly.…”

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Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia: What Has Been Achieved? What Remains to Be Done?

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Tompson

2005

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The paper provides an overview of the course of economic reform and the performance of the Russian economy since the early 1990s and an analysis of the structural reform challenges ahead. It assesses the contribution of institutional and structural reforms to economic performance over the period, before turning to the question of where further structural reforms could make the biggest contribution to improved performance. Three major conclusions emerge. First, there is still a great deal to be done to strengthen the basic institutions of the market economy. While the Russian authorities have embarked on some impressive -and often technically complex -'second-generation' reforms, many 'first-generation' reforms have yet to be completed. Secondly, the central challenges of Russia's second decade of reform are primarily concerned with reforming state institutions. Thirdly, the pursuit of reforms across a broad front could enable Russia to profit from complementarities that exist among various strands of reform. * * * Résumé Quinze ans de réformes économiques en Russie : Qu'a-t-elle acquis ? Que reste-t-il à faire ?L'article donne un aperçu du déroulement des réformes économiques et des performances de l'économie russe depuis le début des années 90, ainsi qu'une analyse des enjeux des futures réformes structurelles. L'article considère la contribution des réformes institutionnelles et structurelles à la performance économique durant la période, avant d'examiner dans quels domaines des réformes structurelles additionnelles pourraient avoir la plus grande contribution à l'amélioration de la performance économique. Il en résulte trois conclusions majeures. Premièrement, il reste encore beaucoup à faire pour renforcer les institutions de base d'une économie de marché. Bien que les autorités russes aient commencé quelques réformes de « seconde génération » qui sont impressionnantes -et souvent techniquement complexes-, il reste un bon nombre de réformes de « première génération » à achever. Deuxièmement, les défis centraux de la deuxième décennie de réformes concernent en première ligne la réforme des institutions de l'État. Troisièmement, la poursuite des réformes sur un large front permettrait à la Russie de profiter des complémentarités existantes entre les différents axes des réformes.

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“…Klitgaard and Baser, 1998;Ahrend, 2002). An alternative approach, analyzed by Reinikka and Svensson (2004a,b), is to rely on monitoring by the beneficiaries of the services.…”

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“…Mazharul and Saidul (2000) show that radio and television are two important mass media for disseminating family planning information in Bangladesh. Stapenhurst (2000) and Ahrend (2002) find evidence that a lack of press freedom leads to higher levels of corruption. Reinikka and Svensson (2004b) use proximity to a newspaper outlet as an instrument for the exposure to a public information campaign, and find that public access to information is a powerful deterrent of local capture.…”

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Listen to the Radio! Media and Corruption: Evidence from Madagascar

2005

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This paper investigates the role of the media in reducing corruption. We analyze data on personal capture of public education expenditures by local officials in Madagascar. We find that corruption can be successfully constrained through a combination of media programs and monitoring. More transparent funding mechanisms and access to mass media reduce capture. However, the impact of the media is conditional on the characteristics of the population. With high illiteracy in poor regions, the effectiveness of newspaper and poster campaigns is limited, and radio programs are more important to reduce capture.

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Press Freedom, Human Capital and Corruption

Cited by 112 publications

References 18 publications

Globalization, (Fighting) Corruption and Development: How are These Phenomena Linearly and Nonlinearly Related in Wealth Effects?

Globalization, (Fighting) Corruption and Development: How are These Phenomena Linearly and Nonlinearly Related in Wealth Effects?

Fifteen Years of Economic Reform in Russia: What Has Been Achieved? What Remains to Be Done?

Listen to the Radio! Media and Corruption: Evidence from Madagascar

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