...Pakinam Mahmoud Fikry; Asmaa Ezzat Purpose The paper investigates the direct and indirect impacts of corruption on health outcomes in the African region during the period 1996–2022. Design/methodology/approach A simultaneous equation model is employed to investigate this relationship. Data...

...Mouad Sadallah; Hijattulah Abdul-Jabbar; Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan; Saliza Abdul Aziz Purpose This study investigates the influence of corruption, political instability, and service quality on zakat compliance intention, as well as the role of zakat compliance intention as a mediator between zakat...

...Jabir Ali Purpose This paper empirically analyses the nexus between religiosity, corruption and sustainable development across 52 countries. Design/methodology/approach The data were retrieved from the World Value Survey (WVS) for religiosity and corruption, and the Sustainable Development...

... aggravates income inequality due to high corruption and political instability. Results confirm that the increase in military spending increases inequality and that financial regulation weakens financial inclusion and also increases income inequality. Research limitations/implications The study shows...

...Toan Khanh Tran Pham Purpose In pursuit of good governance and better allocation of resources, corruption and informal economy are of interest to policymakers and citizens alike. The impacts of military spending on the informal economy are scant. Moreover, the effects of an external factor...

...M. Mesut Badur; Ekrem Yılmaz; Fatma Sensoy Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of corruption and income inequality in three-dimensional sustainable development in the post-Soviet countries. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is based on dynamic panel regression...

...-inequality threshold. The authors then examine the moderating role of tax burdens and corruption in the relationship between public debt and inequality. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the period 2005 to 2019 in 38 African countries, the generalized method of moment and the dynamic panel...

...João Jungo; Mara Madaleno; Anabela Botelho Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of financial inclusion and financial innovation on corruption, considering the moderating role of education, as well as identify the specific modality of digital inclusion and payments that contribute...

...Sakiru Adebola Solarin Purpose The aim of this empirical study is to examine the determinants of income inequality with particular concentration on the impact of fossil fuel subsidies, while controlling for corruption, economic uncertainty and democratisation in developing nations. Design...

...Folorunsho M. Ajide Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of financial inclusion (FI) on control of corruption in selected African countries. Design/methodology/approach The study employs secondary data spanning over a period of 2005–2016. These data are sourced from...

... indicate that foreign aid, foreign direct investment, trade openness as well as corruption have a positive and statistically significant effect on IIQ. Government spending and inflation have a negative and statistically significant effect on IIQ, while GDP per capita growth has a negative but statistically...

...Mohammad Habibullah Pulok; Moin Uddin Ahmed Purpose Despite remarkable economic growth in the last two decades, corruption is a “way of life” in Bangladesh. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long run relationship between economic development and corruption in Bangladesh over 1984...

...Masoud Rashid Mohamed; Shivee Ranjanee Kaliappan; Normaz Wana Ismail; W.N.W Azman-Saini Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of foreign aid on corruption in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Foreign aid is aimed to promote economic growth by complementing the recipient...

...Muhammad Azam; Chandra Emirullah Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of corruption as an important element of weak governance, with control variables such as inflation rate, openness to trade and dependency ratio on gross domestic product (GDP) per capita income of nine...

...Eiji Yamamura Purpose – Japan's 2011 natural disasters were accompanied by a devastating nuclear disaster in Fukushima. This paper used cross-country data obtained immediately after the Japanese disaster to explore how, and the extent to which, corruption affects the perception of citizens...

... ; Kanagasabapathi, 2007). Researchers have noted that as a result of the tight relationship between business ethics and business success, a country as poor as India, in terms of the Indian standard of living, cannot afford to allow such pervasive corruption to exist (Viswesvaran and Deshpande, 1996). Crime has...

...Asongu Simplice Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the determinants of corruption-control (CC) with freedom dynamics (economic, political, press and trade), government quality (GQ) and a plethora of socio-economic factors in 46 African countries using updated data. Design...

.... The result is that nepotism, cronyism, bribery and corruption hinder meritocratic processes. Research limitations/implications – This paper examines the prevalence and nature of blat in just one sector in one post-Soviet country. An analysis across a wider range of sectors in various post...

...Michel Dion Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe corruption, fraud and cybercrime as dehumanizing phenomena. Design/methodology/approach Berdiaeff's notion of slavery and Sartre's concepts of lie and bad faith are used in order to put light on the dehumanizing effects of corruption...

...Paul Ponsaers; Joanna Shapland; Colin Williams; Peter Rodgers; Colin C. Williams; John Round Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the criminal workplace activities of both employers and employees in Ukrainian enterprises. It challenges traditional definitions of corruption and suggests...