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Corruption-Induced Inhibitions to Business: What Business Leaders Have to Say in Ghana

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  • Justice Nyigmah Bawole
  • Zechariah Langnel

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The paper examines how corruption-induced inhibitions influence business-related corruption from the perspectives of business leaders in Ghana. Data were collected through focus group discussion with Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of multi-national and local companies operating in Ghana. The findings show that business leaders encounter multiple regulatory agencies with duplicated and overlapping functions, multiple charges for virtually the same and duplicated services, multiple law enforcement agencies also performing regulatory functions at the Ports of entry, inadequate information on processes and costs of services, and inadequate channels for reporting corrupt activities in Ghana. The paper argues that these challenges trigger corruption-induced inhibitors which in turn, negatively affect the growth of the private-sector in Ghana.

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  • Justice Nyigmah Bawole & Zechariah Langnel, 2023. "Corruption-Induced Inhibitions to Business: What Business Leaders Have to Say in Ghana," Journal of African Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(1), pages 59-76, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:wjabxx:v:24:y:2023:i:1:p:59-76
    DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2021.2018226
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