Increasing the civil servants salary as a strategy to fight corruption in Somalia

Public sector employees receive lower salary than their counterpart in the private sector in Somalia and this creates an environment where government employees are at risk of committing the offence due to low wages, there is some consensus that suggests low wages for civil servant in developing econ...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Abdisamad, Romle, Abd Rahim, Garaad, Zakaria Mohamed, Hakim, Akmal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: ISLAMIC WORLD Network for Environmental Science and Technology (IWNEST Publisher) 2015
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/22508/1/IJAG%201%2014S%202015%20110-114.pdf
http://repo.uum.edu.my/22508/
http://www.iwnest.com/old/Ijag_Special-IPN-Dec-2015.html
http://www.iwnest.com/old/Ijag_Special-IPN-Dec-2015.html
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Summary:Public sector employees receive lower salary than their counterpart in the private sector in Somalia and this creates an environment where government employees are at risk of committing the offence due to low wages, there is some consensus that suggests low wages for civil servant in developing economies can be blamed since employees don’t receive enough salary to live for, studies insisted that the poorly paid civil servant will likely to seek bribes.In this article I will explore Reasons behind Corruption in Somalia, It’s good to increase civil servants salary as a tool to prevent corruption but it will not eliminate corruption unless there are elements of good governance in government.