Corruption, Governmental Activities, and Markets

September 1, 1994

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Summary

Paper discusses the factors that contribute to the spread of corruption as well as the implications of corruption for markets and for public sector activities. It is argued that corruption can be contained mainly by a scaling down of the public sector activities that stimulate its growth.

Subject: Civil service, Corruption, Crime, Economic sectors, Labor, Public employment, Public sector, Revenue administration, Tax evasion

Keywords: Civil service, Corruption, government contract, government decision, government employee, government have-over, government policy, Public employment, Public sector, South Asia, Tax evasion, WP

Pages:
23
Volume:
1994
DOI:
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Issue:
099
Series:
Working Paper No. 1994/099
Stock No:
WPIEA0991994
ISBN:
9781451852202
ISSN:
1018-5941

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