“…Consequently, these factors can help to implement policies targeting institutional reforms which are needed to promote growth-enhancing financial systems (Berhane, 2018;Blackburn & Forgues-Puccio, 2010;Casson, Giusta, & Kambhampati, 2010;Kaidi, Mensi, & Amor, 2019;Khan, Khan, Abdulahi, Liaqat, & Shah, 2019). Kunieda, Okada, & Shibata (2016). Other works, such as Keefer & Knack (1997) and Aghion, Howitt, & Mayer-Foulkes (2005), revealed that the misfunctioning of financial systems is due to corruption.…”