TY - JOUR
T1 - Corruption and public finance
T2 - An IMF perspective
AU - Hillman, Arye L.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - Public finance should be a means whereby governments in low-income countries are able to increase economic growth and end poverty. Corruption, however, reduces tax revenue and makes public expenditure policies ineffective for achieving social objectives. The papers in this volume, which is sponsored by the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), describe how corruption makes public finance ineffective in promoting economic development.
AB - Public finance should be a means whereby governments in low-income countries are able to increase economic growth and end poverty. Corruption, however, reduces tax revenue and makes public expenditure policies ineffective for achieving social objectives. The papers in this volume, which is sponsored by the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), describe how corruption makes public finance ineffective in promoting economic development.
KW - Corruption
KW - IMF
KW - Public finance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=4844225627&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2003.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2003.09.004
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AN - SCOPUS:4844225627
SN - 0176-2680
VL - 20
SP - 1067
EP - 1077
JO - European Journal of Political Economy
JF - European Journal of Political Economy
IS - 4
ER -
