Corruption: A review

As is increasingly recognised in academic literature and by international o rganisations, corruption acts as a major deterrent to growth and developmen t. The aim of this survey is to organise and summarise existing theoretical and empirical work on corruption with a view to identifying opportunities for further research. The paper begins with a brief overview of key definit ions of corruption, and then turns to a review of the factors that favour o r deter the growth of corruption together with a brief look at related mode ls. This is followed by an examination of the consequences of corruption fo r society, and the consideration of measures that might help to reduce corr uption. The paper ends with suggestions for future research and includes su mmaries of data sources and key variables for use in this research.