The relationship between anti-corruption and economic development: The case of Banaadir Region Somalia

This study was carried out to examine the relationship between Anti-corruption practices and Economic development in the Banaadir region of Somalia. Especially, it sought to establish how Anti-corruption practices relate to economic development in the Banaadir region of Somalia. The study used the correlational research design to establish the relationship between Economic Development and Good Governance; Transparency Strategy; Social Integration variables. The methodology used was the quantitative method. Data were collected from respondents by use of a questionnaire. Census and stratified random sampling were used as sampling techniques to select 98 respondents out of the study population of 130 people. Pearson correlations analyses were used to establish the relationship among the study variables. The correlation revealed that good governance has a strong, positive, and statistically significant relationship with the Economic Development of the Banaadir region of Somalia (r. 0.614. sig value = 0.000 p-value at 0.05), the Transparency Strategy has a strong, positive, and statistically significant relationship with the economic development of the Banaadir region of Somalia (r. 0. 571. Sig value = 0.000 p-values at 0.05) and the Social Integration has a strong, positive and a statistically significant relationship with the economic development of the Banaadir region of Somalia (r= 0.685. sig value = 0.000 p-value at 0.05). All these findings are economic development perceptions of the surveyed people. The study recommends that Anti-corruption practices should be mitigated through good governance arrangements since this is what many scholars advocate for. Additionally, sustaining transparency when it comes to economic development eventually brings the smart way to develop terms of economic development of the Banaadir region of Somalia. The study recommends that Anti-corruption practices control more social integration arrangements and mutual interests in the society relating to the economic development of the Banaadir region of Somalia. Additionally, the study recommended promoting more and more social integration by building mutual contribution and demotivating all kinds of Anti-corruption practices. Key words: Anti-corruption, Economic Development, Good Governance, Transparency Strategy and Social Integration