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Low Level of Corruption: A Crossover Between Economy and Institutional Structures

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Urban Health, Sustainability, and Peace in the Day the World Stopped

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In general, peace and sustainable security are the backbones of anticorruption strategies and towards sustainable development (Newham (2014) Why is corruption getting worse in South Africa. Corruption Watch. January, 17. Available from: www.hsrc.ac.za/en/hsrc-in-the-news/dces/corruption-0114).

Corruption and peace are two sides of humanity’s spectrum.

—Ali Cheshmehzangi, 2021

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Cheshmehzangi, A. (2021). Low Level of Corruption: A Crossover Between Economy and Institutional Structures. In: Urban Health, Sustainability, and Peace in the Day the World Stopped. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4888-5_10

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