There are many economic issues that concern society at the local and international levels and which constitute a serious challenge to the societies and governments , perhaps including the issue of corruption in all its forms and manifestations and effects , which now attract the attention the issue of human society everywhere .
The term "corruption " was not known in the literature or the media before the final quarter of last century, but spread widely and its negative made it impose itself strongly in global forums , and that started the last decade of the last century until the issue of corruption became the focus attention of researchers who studied forms of corruption.
Many of the studies discussed the issue of corruption has focused on non-economic reasons for corruption, and suggested means of reducing corruption through a package of laws and anti-corruption legislation and the application systems of good governance , either for reasons of economic corruption have been the lowest share of research and analysis. Despite the importance of non-economic causes of corruption , but the economic causes of great importance established by the facts in the form of slower economic growth and the erosion of available resources and deepening poverty situation , which requires due attention to this aspect. Thus , this research focus on the economic effects of corruption through disclosure of the nature of corruption and clarify concepts and factors of the spread and the impact on economics variables.