Corruption and human development: a correlation study between political-social phenomena.

Abstract

Corruption, on a greater or lesser scale, is an important phenomenon for practically all societies. Acts of corruption occur when private individuals place their own interests above those of society in a series of concrete illegal acts which directly affect public policies and the effectiveness
of public administration. Using a Pearson correlation index we found that there is a strong correlation between corruption and human development, in a linear trend of inversely proportional factors. However these phenomena
are affected by the effectiveness or absence of accountability. Corruption, clearly, becomes stronger when the instrument for accountability is weak, since when this instrument is seen to be effective the promotion of social
justice and democracy is strengthened, and consequently there is human development