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This study examines the effect of some economic and non-economic factors on corruption.  It tests a number of hypotheses formulated around the impact of specific dimensions on increasing or reducing corruption in the Middle East and North Africa Region over a time series from 2008 to 2018. The objective of this study is to illuminate the impact of several independent factors (average income, economic freedom, education, income distribution and globalization) on corruption increase or decrease in the MENA region taking a few countries as a sample case. To reach this end, secondary data is employed and retrieved from secondary sources using published reports and indexes and official websites and databases maintained by various research institutions. The results are tested using panel data regression analysis as a statistical tool for data analysis and hypotheses testing. Findings indicate a significant effect of the presented economic and non-economic determinants on corruption in these sample countries except income distribution which shows an insignificance effect.

The objective of the study was to explore alleged corrupt practices of stock theft by public sector officials in the selected rural areas of Giyani in the Limpopo Province, South Africa, focusing on causes and experiences. The local South African Police Service (SAPS) and Department of Justice and Constitutional Development: Giyani Magistrates’ Court (DOJ & CD: GMC) officials are allegedly touted to be allegedly involved in corrupt and fraudulent activities relating to this crime. From a qualitative standpoint; this study purposively selected 64 participants to form part of Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) for data collection based on their respective knowledge and exposure to this crime. The collected data was analyzed to reach structured, reliable and conclusions adopting the Tesch technique. Major findings of this study indicate that the local SAPS and DoJ & CD: GMC were implicated in corruption acts, it is established that limited wages, greediness, profit and power, opportunity, as well as inadequate training, poor hiring practices and failure to adhere to a code of ethics are some of the notable causes of police corruption on stock theft cases. The improvement in legislation, punitive methods, remunerations, political partisanship, and the use of anti-corrupt strategies are cited as some recommendations in this study. Moreover, relevant stakeholders should work closely with provincial structures at rural communal levels, while avoiding a silo mentality to enhance collective actions thereof.

This paper examines the impact of the transparency stage and overseas refund investment inflows at the human improvement index. This paper aims to explore the mediating effect of the economic boom at the impact of transparency ranges and foreign direct funding inflows at the human improvement index. This research was carried out in 9 countries in Southeast Asia with a research length from 2012 to 2019. The facts analysis system changed into done the usage of course evaluation. The outcomes indicate that the transparency stage and overseas direct investment have a tremendous influence on economic growth and the human improvement index. Economic growth turned into additionally located to impact the human development index significantly. Therefore, monetary expansion is verified to mediate the transparency stage effect on the human development index. But the economic increase isn't always proven to have a mediating effect on the impact of foreign direct funding at the human improvement index. Therefore, based totally on the outcomes of this examination, the authorities of each use in Southeast Asia need to create a transparent government to increase economic increase and human improvement index. Further, outside investment needs to be recommended to make an excellent monetary boom and human development index.

The main objective of this paper is analyzing the influence of islamic law on corruption perceptions and its impact on public trust in the city of Bandung, Indonesia. This research is located in Bandung with the research subject is the people of the city of Bandung who have an identity card. The sampling technique used in this study is non-probability sampling and the sample used is purposive sampling, namely the sample is selected by giving certain conditions to respondents who have met the sample criteria. The sample in this study was 100 people, then for the data analysis technique in this study using the SMART-PLS version 3 application software. The main finding is Islamic law and perceptions of corruption simultaneously affect public trust by 79.7%, the rest is influenced by variables that are not used in this study.