Corruption, production structure and economic development in developing countries

20 April 2020 | Publication

Corruption, production structure and economic development in developing countries

- Author: Santos, Helis Cristina Zanuto Andrade; Fraga, Gilberto Joaquim
- Physical description: páginas. 63-8
- UN symbol (Signature): LC/PUB.2020/4-P
- Date: 20 April 2020

Abstract

Corruption has reached alarming levels in recent years and now costs the equivalent of about 5% of global output annually. Given this backdrop, this study sets out to investigate how corruption and the production structure affects the socioeconomic development of developing countries, applying a dynamic panel data procedure to the period 2002-2014. The main findings include the fact that the relation between corruption and development is non-linear. The study of the different dimensions of development also needs to encompass both economic and social perspectives. In general, there are signs that a more sophisticated production structure distorts the effects of corruption control by strengthening the influence of corruption itself on socioeconomic development.