Measuring the level of administrative and financial corruption and its impact on economic development: A field study on workers in the public sector in Lebanon

Abstract

The study aims to measure the degree of administrative and financial corruption and its impact on economic development, and it included an independent variable (administrative and financial corruption) and a dependent variable (economic development), where the descriptive analytical approach was adopted. The study sample consisted of 130 employees in 4 ministries in Lebanon (at the level of heads of departments and divisions). randomly selected, The (SPSS) program was used through descriptive statistical methods, frequencies, arithmetic averages, standard deviations, Cronbach Alpha coefficient, Correlation Coefficient, Simple Linear Regression, and(ANOVA) to test the validity of the hypotheses, and the study reached the following results: The total arithmetic mean of the administrative and financial corruption variable reached (3.87), which is a high level of importance. There is a medium inverse correlation between financial and administrative corruption and economic development. There is a statistically significant effect at the level (α ≤ 0.05) between financial and administrative corruption and economic development. The most important recommendations: Issuing a law to lift banking secrecy and developing a comprehensive national strategy to combat corruption in various economic and non-economic fields, which would reduce or prevent the spread of administrative and financial corruption.