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080 _a02.04.02 M457
100 _aMauro, Paolo
245 _aWhy worry about corruption
260 _bIMF
_aWashingtonUS
_c1997
300 _aiii, 12 p.
520 _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.
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