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George Abed
Researcher at International Monetary Fund
Publications - 26
Citations - 1021
George Abed is an academic researcher from International Monetary Fund. The author has contributed to research in topics: Corruption & Exchange-rate regime. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 26 publications receiving 989 citations.
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Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
Sanjeev Gupta,George Abed +1 more
TL;DR: The authors presented 18 recent IMF research studies on the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as how it can most effectively be combated to improve governance, increase economic growth, and reduce poverty.
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Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies
George Abed,Hamid R Davoodi +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of perceived corruption.
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Corruption, Structural Reforms, and Economic Performance in the Transition Economies
George Abed,Hamid R Davoodi +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that corruption is largely a symptom of underlying weaknesses in public policies and institutions, a formulation that provides deeper insights into economic performance than do measures of perceived corruption.
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Challenges of growth and globalization in the Middle East and North Africa
George Abed,Hamid R Davoodi +1 more
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Corruption and the provision of health care and education services
Sanjeev Gupta,George Abed +1 more
TL;DR: Acemoglu and Verdier as discussed by the authors identified three channels through which corruption can adversely affect the provision of publicly provided social services, including health care and education services, and pointed out that corruption can drive up the price and lower the level of government output and services.