Listen To The Radio! Media and Corruption: Evidence from Madagascar

Nathalie Francken, Bart Minten and Johan Swinnen

No 31872, PRG Working Papers from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of the media in reducing corruption. We analyze data on personal capture of public education expenditures by local officials in Madagascar. We find that corruption can be successfully constrained through a combination of media programs and monitoring. More transparent funding mechanisms and access to mass media reduce capture. However, the impact of the media is conditional on the characteristics of the population. With high illiteracy in poor regions, the effectiveness of newspaper and poster campaigns is limited, and radio programs are more important to reduce capture.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.31872

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