The Study on Corruption in the Public Services: Evidence from Urban Slum Areas of Pakistan.

Abstract

Corruption is a multidimensional global fact having diverse pros and cons, as it easily camouflages in almost all types of political and economic settings. Development researchers consider the complexity of the phenomenon of corruption a single most threat to the humanity causing meek poverty and deprivation in developing economies. In Pakistan, corruption particularly petty in nature has gone unchecked for a long period of time and it has devastating impact not only on the economic growth but also on the development of the whole society. Therefore in this study an attempt has been made to identify the determinants of corruption in the public services delivery mechanism in the slum areas of Karachi. As corruption and governance go hand in hand, therefore their implications on poverty are enormous. This study empirically investigates the attributes of the respondents and their relation with the bribe paying activities. In this way it provides important guidelines to the policy makers for formulating the anticorruption policies targeting the poor driven class of the society in Pakistan.

Keywords: Corruption, Public Services, Urban Slums and Pakistan.