My research shows that the economic theory has been proven that there is a direct link between how corrupt a country is and the effects on its economic growth. The more corrupt a country is, the less it can further economically.
According to Sector and the Chetwynds, “Corruption impedes economic growth by discouraging foreign and domestic investment, taxing and dampening entrepreneurship, lowering the quality of public infrastructure, decreasing tax revenues, diverting public talent into rent-seeking, and distorting the composition of public expenditure. In addition to limiting economic growth, there is evidence that corruption also exacerbates income inequality; regression analysis has shown a positive correlation between corruption and income inequality.” It should be understood that in many countries there is a direct link between corruption and poverty however in many countries there is no direct link between corruption and poverty. There are many other factors that