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The aim of this study is to compare the levels of corruption control in the BRICS countries and in the G7 countries using data from 1996 to 2021 published by the World Bank. The corruption control data aims to present estimates on how corruption is controlled in the world. The BRICS countries include Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa, while the G7 group comprises the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan. This empirical benchmarking study presents both country and country-group-level analyses and results, which enable monitoring progress in corruption control in the global country groups and leading global economies. A key finding of the benchmarking study is that corruption control is higher in the G7 countries than in the BRICS countries. The average corruption control level in the G7 countries during the period 1996–2021 was 88, whereas in the BRICS countries, it was 43. The median and average corruption control difference was 40, which is a significant difference. The study reveals other relevant findings in the field of global corruption control and governance. In general, decision-makers in the G7 countries pay more attention to corruption control than those in the BRICS countries.
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Research Director Jari Kaivo-oja is a researcher at the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland, in the Manufacturing 4.0 project. The project Manufacturing 4.0 has received funding from the Finnish Strategic Research Council [Grant number 313395].
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Kaivo-oja, J., Santonen, T. (2023). Corruption Control in the BRICS and in the G7 Countries: A Benchmarking Study with World Bank Data Files from Years 1996–2021. In: Uden, L., Ting, IH. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organisations. KMO 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1825. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34045-1_16
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