“…While the literature on the damaging effects of corruption on growth and development is abundant (Olawale and Hassan, 2016; Abdullahi et al , 2016; Huang, 2016; Lim, 2019; Mhlaba and Phiri, 2019; Asteriou et al , 2021; Ghourchian and Yilmazkuday, 2020; Pegkas et al , 2020; Law et al , 2021; Abubakar and Mamman, 2021; Hope, 2022; Amoh et al , 2022), the corruption-debt nexus is emerging.…”