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QUANTIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORRUPTION
IN EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE
EASTERN EUROPE AND EURASIA REGION:
AN EXPLORATORY LITERATURE REVIEW
MAY 2007
This report was produced for review by the Social Transition Team, Office of Democracy,
Governance and Social Transition of the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID/E&E/DGST). It was prepared under the SOCIAL Task Order of the Advancing Basic
Education (ABE-BE) IQC by the University of Pittsburgh Institute for International Studies in
Education, Creative Associates International, Inc. and Aguirre Division of JBS International, Inc. Quantifying the Relationship between
Corruption in Education and Economic
Development in the Eastern Europe and
Eurasia Region: An Exploratory Literature
Review
1 May 2007
Submitted by
John C. Weidman
University of Pittsburgh
Institute for International Studies in Education
5910 Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States
Government.Quantifying the Relationship between Corruption in Education and Economic Development
University of Pittsburgh Institute for International Studies in Education p. i
Table of Contents
Executive Summary........................................................................................................ ii
Introduction..................................................................................................................... 1
Measuring Corruption: Widely Used Indicators............................................................. 3
International Country Risk Guide (ICRG).................................................................. 3
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ........................................................................... 4
Estimating the Relationship Between


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