What Transparency Can Do When Incentives Fail : An Analysis of Rent Capture /

This paper analyzes the pervasiveness and persistence of rent seeking, misgovernance, and public sector inefficiency in many developing and transition economies. We formalize evidence from country experiences and empirical studies into a stylized analytical framework that reflects realistic constrai...

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Yazar: Paul, Elisabeth
Diğer Yazarlar: Dabla-Norris, Era
Materyal Türü: Dergi
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006.
Seri Bilgileri:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2006/146
Online Erişim:Full text available on IMF
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