@workingpaper{Asongu2013bu,
title = {Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?},
author = {Oasis Kodila-Tedika Simplice A. Asongu},
editor = {African 2013 Governance and Development Institute WP/13/004},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Crimes-and-conflicts-in-Africa.-Consequences-of-Corruption.pdf},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
abstract = {With earthshaking and jaw-breaking levels of corruption in the African continent, the
question on the extent to which corruption influences crime still remains unanswered. This
paper assesses the effect of corruption (corruption-control) in 38 African countries using
updated data. We find that, crime is highly positively (negatively) correlated with corruption
(corruption-control). The potential mitigation effect (by corruption-control) is higher than the
corresponding positive effect of corruption, implying, corruption-control offsets crime
emanating beyond the corruption mechanism (inter alia, other poor governance mechanisms).
The relationship is statistically strong when controlling for the number of police officers, age
dependency, per capital economic prosperity, level of education, government effectiveness
and population density. Given that crime is proxied by the level of organized internal conflict,
the findings also sustain the substantial role of corruption in the birth and propagation of
conflicts within and across Africa. Policy implications are discussed.},
keywords = {Security; Corruption; Crime; Conflicts; Africa},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {workingpaper}
}