The cost of Corruption in American countries

Resumo

This article is part of a research on corruption in Brazil and it is not theoretical. Despite this, it provides an economic interpretation of corruption. However, how can the population be engaged without having education, peace and democracy? In fact, health and good education are closely linked and contribute to the sustainability of human development. The objective of this study is to confirm the influence of corruption in the cost country and in the development of American Countries, by using correlation analyses. In this study, corruption and the development can be observed, by using the Human Development Index; the Corruption, by using the Perception of Corruption and the Education, by using the Education Index. Accompanying the HDI and observing two groups of countries, High Human Development presents HDI ranging from 9.937 to 8, Corruption ranging from 8.9 to 3.5 and Education ranging from 0.98 to 0.84. The Medium Human development presents HDI inferior to 0.788, Corruption ranging from 4.1 to 2.0 and Education ranging from 0.87 to 0.62. In conclusion, the rupture of the process of corruption is associated to education and can be considered a gradual process.