Why do some countries prosper despite corruption?

• Main Author: Neo, Jing Mian
• Other Authors: Walid Jumblatt Bin Abdullah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169648
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper examines the factors that enable some countries to prosper despite entrenched corruption. I identify the type, realm of corruption, and political will in anti-corruption efforts, as important factors in determining a country’s prosperity. Using South Korea as an example of a prosperous co...