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Economic development reduces corruption.
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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that economic development reduces corruption?
Partly. Peer-reviewed items disagree in part: one 48-country empirical study and one review report that higher economic development is associated with lower corruption, while another study frames corruption as an obstacle to development and notes no scholarly consensus. None establishes a general causal claim that economic development reduces corruption.
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Gender inequality, corruption, and economic development. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12793
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Corruption, Poverty and Economic Performance: Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Countries. (2015). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.36880/c06.01261
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Corruption and Economic Development in Energy-rich Economies. (2009). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1057/ces.2008.46
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Corruption perceptions in the Schengen Zone and their relation to education, economic performance, and governance. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301424
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