00656nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100001700018245003100035260002800066300001500094520041800109583001900527 a02.04.02 M457 aMauro, Paolo aWhy worry about corruption bIMFaWashingtonUSc1997 aiii, 12 p. aLists a number of possible causes and consequences of corruption. Presents recent evidence on the extent to which corruption affects investment and economic growth and on how it influences governments in choosing what to spend their money on. Finds that corruption discourges investment, limits economic growth, and alters the composition of government spending, often to the detriment of future economic growth. c3/7/00kM2LMGR