4 Conclusion
Based on the results of data analysis and discussion,
it is concluded that Corruption has no effect on
economic growth in ASEAN countries, Democracy
has a negative and significant impact on economic
growth in ASEAN countries, and Global
competitiveness has a positive and significant effect
on economic growth in ASEAN countries in 2014-
2019. The results of this study also produce
corruption, democracy, and global competitiveness,
which significantly affected economic growth in
ASEAN countries in 2014-2019.
Although corruption did not have a significant
effect on the period and country of the study, crime
should be reduced accompanied by controlling
economic growth that is not too high and not too
low (2-3% range) because, in this way, economic
development and the corruption perception index
will be good in a given period: countries, especially
ASEAN. In conclusion, the government's slowness
in preventing and dealing with acts of corruption in
ASEAN countries has shaken political stability,
domestic security, and development.
Democracy in ASEAN countries is tailored to
the needs of each country. They are considering that
ASEAN countries have different government
systems and economic systems. Of course, every
government policy has advantages and
disadvantages. In addition, the community also
functions as government social control. However,
the government, as the decision maker, has full
power to determine policy. So, democracy is not
flawed in a country, but the government needs to
limit the number of parties because the more parties
there are, the more budget is issued by the
government, which can affect the economic growth
rate. Democracy can also encourage better
institutions.
To improve global competitiveness, ASEAN
countries need to enhance the sub-indices and pillars
of competitiveness by adjusting the categories for
their countries' growth and development stages. The
government's role in increasing growth and
development, as well as community empowerment,
is vital to be maximized, especially by paying
attention to human and institutional capital, because
human and institutional resources are the main
factors to support other competitiveness factors,
especially on technological, environmental and
innovation aspects.
This research can be helpful as a
recommendation for increasing economic growth in
ASEAN countries. Nevertheless, this research is
inseparable from limitations. The limitation of this
study is that it has yet to analyze one by one how
variable independents affect economic growth. So
that further research is expected to use in-depth
analysis in each ASEAN country. In addition,
further research can also use a combination of
independent variables between economic and non-
economic factors, which affect economic growth
more.
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