Aspectos econômicos da corrupção

Abstract

Corruption is a multifaceted phenomenon that manifests itself, to in a greater or lesser extent step, in different countries around the world. Having this, it is necessary to observe the debate on the subject in different countries. Therewith, the general objective of this work is to analyze theoretical and conceptual aspects related to corruption, in order to understand ing how it occurs, the causes and what are the effects on the political, economic and social structure of the countries. The present work was based on a bibliographic review of scientific articles, theses, dissertations, researches, magazines and relevant works that includes the area of corruption and economic development. As a the main result, this work has identified that corruption has negative and significant impacts on economic development, promoting the reduction of efficiency, productivity and the costs increase.