Nathalie Francken - Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - LICOS Center for Transition Economics -, Bart Minten - Cornell University - Food and Nutrition Policy Program; Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - Department of Agro-Engineering and Economics - and Johan F.M. Swinnen - Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) - LICOS Center for Transition Economics - in 2005 wrote a paper called
Listen to the Radio! Media and Corruption: Evidence from Madagascar
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.
The analysis is based on data collected in a budget tracking survey in 2002-2003.
1 Introduction
2 The policy framework
3 Monitoring and the media
4 Measuring capture and its determinants
5 Theory and hypotheses
6 Empirical model
7 Results
8 Conclusion
1 Introduction
2 The policy framework
3 Monitoring and the media
4 Measuring capture and its determinants
5 Theory and hypotheses
6 Empirical model
7 Results
8 Conclusion
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