This study asks why corruption is increasing in European countries and what are the most important factors that explain such corruption? Although corruption scandals, speeches and reports indicate that corruption persists in European countries no one has tested the causes of corruption in European countries and this study is, to the best of our knowledge, the first to empirically examine the ca...

Article history: Received 24 June 2010 Received in revised form 17 January 2012 Accepted 19 January 2012 Available online 27 January 2012 We build a panel of 14 emerging economies to estimate the magnitude of wealth effects on consumption. Usingmodern econometric techniques and quarterly data,we show that: (i)wealth effects are statistically significant and relatively large inmagnitude; (ii) st...

poverty, in general and women’s poverty in particular is among social problems which has been subject to be mitigated through measures. the results of statistics based studies show that poverty and injustice is more prevalent in rural areas than cities and more common among women than men. the research aims to study the social and cultural causes of women’s poverty through the qualitative appro...

Corruption has become a pandemic and moral burden that bedeviled the world. is practice permeates all societal segments, sectors, activities it takes various shapes, forms, dimensions, classifications manifestations. Nearly countries of world are affected by endemic corruption albeit, in different magnitude with some having lower incidence while others high rate occurrence. constituted itself a...

This Note argues that the Convention offers the most effective approach to combating corruption and that all states should sign and ratify it. Part I discusses corruption, explains its history and its harmful effects, and describes international organizations whose purposes and principles are directly opposed to the harm corruption is capable of perpetrating. Part II presents existing approache...

In the closed society of a law enforcement agency, factors such as the conspiracy of silence, authoritarian supervision, and police discretion contribute to corruption. This article describes various types of corrupt behavior by police officers, reports the incidence of corruption in law enforcement agencies, discusses psychiatric conditions that may arise from corruption and also contribute to...

Bigger governments raise the possibilities for corruption; more corruption may in turn raise the support for redistributive policies that intend to correct the inequality and injustice generated by corruption. We formalize these insights in a simple dynamic model. A positive feedback from past to current levels of taxation and corruption arises either when wealth originating in corruption and r...

To be concerned about the present situation in Africa and South Africa, particular, is an understatement. What can church do to help establish ethical, value-based social contract? First, one must understand what essence of is. Secondly, that as body Christ broken world order new relations with all people. Thirdly, calling people life necessary, should servant church. Fourthly, prophetically, s...

The results of dissertation research "Preventing and combating corruption in public procurement" are presented in this publication. The study was conducted 2011 till 2013 in a Member State of the European Union– in the Republic of Latvia. Goal of the thesis is to explore corruption prevention and combating issues in public procurement sphere, to identify the prevalence rates, determinants and c...

This study aims to analyze the influence directly or indirectly of Foreign Investment, Corruption Perception Index, Poverty, Unemployment and Minimum Wage on Income Inequality in Indonesia. The data used this is a secondary type sourced from offices Central Statistics Agency, World Bank Web Transparency International. analysis method Multiple Linear Regression (time series) Indonesia for 25 yea...