Money laundering problem: Responsibility of financial institutions by Fijat Ljiljana

“…Fundamental problems are as follows: “grey economy”, offshore countries and their financial institutions, corruption and alternative systems of transferring money. …”
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CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS TO TAX ADMINISTRATION EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM BAUCHI STATE BOARD OF INTERNAL REVENUE by Shamsudeen Ladan Shagari, Natrah Saad

“…The Nigerian tax system is faced with challenges, such as loss of revenue through high level of tax defaulters from both the legislative arm of the government and public institutions, corruption and financial irregularities and limited government administrative capability. …”
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Beyond General Political Attitudes: Conspiracy Mentality as a Global Belief System Predicts Endorsement of International and Local Conspiracy Theories by Jasna Milošević Đorđević, Iris Žeželj, Živojin Đurić

“…In both studies the results demonstrated: good psychometric properties of the CMQ and its predictive capacity for endorsing the international Conspiracy Theories (CTs) (Study 1) and the locally specific CTs (Study 2) over and above the measures of perceptions of political climate (trust in institutions, corruption perception, feeling of insecurity – Study 1), and generalized political attitudes (right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, political cynicism – Study 2). …”
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Critical success factors to tax administration efficiency in Nigeria: Evidence from Bauchi State Board of internal revenue by Shagaria, Shamsudeen Ladan, Saad, Natrah

“…This study investigates the determinants of tax administration efficiency in Nigeria.The Nigerian tax system is faced with challenges, such as loss of revenue through high level of tax defaulters from both the legislative arm of the government and public institutions, corruption and financial irregularities and limited government administrative capability.Therefore, current study examines the influence of autonomy of the State Board of Internal Revenue (SBIR), use of information and communications technology, public enlightenment, strong auditing practice, motivation and incentives and perceived corruption on tax administration efficiency in Nigeria.A total of 124 questionnaires were collected out of 144 questionnaires that were administered.The study revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between tax administration efficiency and: autonomy of board of internal revenue, information and communications technology and public enlightenment.However, findings from the study revealed that there is insignificant relationship between tax administration efficiency and strong audit practice and motivation and incentives and perceived corruption.Based on the findings above, the study recommended that government should put an effective measure in place to collect taxes from tax defaulters across the different groups of the economy.…”
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Direct Foreign Investment, Corruption and Mobile subscribers in ECOWAS - 5: A Panel Cointegration Approach by Zubair, Zulaihatu, Abu Bakar, Nor'Aznin, Azam, Muhammad

“…The empirical evidence indicates that feeble level of institution (corruption) and infrastructure (mobile subscribers) impedes foreign direct investment inflows in the selected ECOWAS countries.My results confirm that FDI enhancement, role of institution and infrastructure exist not only in the transition nation but also in ECOWAS-5 countries.…”
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Institutions and Growth in the Arab and Middle Eastern Countries by Georges Harb

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CHALLENGES IN QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIS) OF PAKISTAN by Zohaib Hassan Sain

“…In the past few years, education sector is Pakistan is confronting a lot of provocations in education sector such as: curriculum, less training institutions, corruption in education, teacher’s behavior, less research work. …”
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Differentiation and Dedifferentiation: A Latin American Approach to Systems Theory by Santiago Calise

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The Perceived Impact of Public Sector Corruption on Economic Performance of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in a Developing Country by Eugene E. Ezebilo, Francis Odhuno, Philip Kavan

“…Corrupt practices can precipitate the loss of revenue that would have accrued to the government from tax that could be used to provide facilities required by the public institutions. Corruption in the public institutions of developing countries such as PNG can be tackled by implementing strategies that promote zero-tolerance for corruption. …”
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