The effects of controlling corruption on government consumption and human development in Asia
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2009-10
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This paper evaluates the impact of Corruption on Government Consumption particularly in Asia. It aims to study the distortion corruption generates on Government Consumption and its effect on human development. The paper uses the data Control of Corruption from the World Government Indicators to measure corruption and the Human Development Index to measure human development. An Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Model was constructed using panel data for the years 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 spanning 30 Asian countries. The following results show that Control of Corruption significantly affects Government Consumption and the Human Development Index.
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Human development, Government consumption, Public service, Government, Corruption