Validating Corruption Risk Measures: A Key Step to Monitoring SDG Progress-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Validating Corruption Risk Measures: A Key Step to Monitoring SDG Progress

Published:2023-10-30 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0303-8300
Container-title:Social Indicators Research
language:en
Short-container-title:Soc Indic Res

Author:

Gnaldi Michela,Del Sarto Simone^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe Agenda 2030 recognises corruption as a major obstacle to sustainable development and integrates its reduction among SDG targets, in view of developing peaceful, just and strong institutions. In this paper, we propose a method to assess the validity of corruption indicators within an Item Response Theory framework, which explicitly accounts for the latent and multidimensional facet of corruption. Towards this main aim, a set of fifteen red flag indicators of corruption risk in public procurement is computed on data included in the Italian National Database of Public Contracts. Results show a multidimensional structure composed of sub-groups of red flag indicators i. measuring distinct corruption risk categories, which differ in nature, type and entity, and are generally non-superimposable; ii. mirroring distinct dynamics related to specific SDG principles and targets.

Funder

European Union

Università degli Studi di Perugia

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Social Sciences,Sociology and Political Science,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Developmental and Educational Psychology

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11205-023-03238-y.pdf

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