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China, for example, faces increasing export difficulties because of deficient control of the safety of its products, which is largely the result of corruption.
Creating something similar to an online bidding system can boost competition and reduce corruption, lowering government costs by an estimated 12%.
People may want a world free of corruption, but it’s hard to understand how such a world works.
But the defeated have typically retired quietly, and never faced formal corruption charges.
If Xi’s fight against corruption is genuine, it will engender fear and resentment among the Chinese bureaucracy.
Particularly by targeting government corruption, brave journalists made raiding the public till more of a gamble than a birthright – and angered many of the corrupt.
One can only imagine the endemic nepotism and corruption that have traditionally characterized Libya’s police forces, but they will need to be made adequately operational quickly, probably via a new loyalty oath and some crash training.
The hope that this may one day happen lies in the fact that, despite its corruption, the media is free – one of the great legacies of Yeltsin's presidency.
In fact, free-market behavior, whatever its benefits, is not hard-wired into human brains, especially not when it seems allied with selfishness and corruption in undermining noble ideals like cooperation, fairness, and equality.
This is vital to enable an effective response to the structural problems – such as corruption, environmental pollution, and inequality – that more than two generations of rapid growth and development have brought.
On the contrary, the National People’s Congress has approved a major overhaul of China’s governance structure, creating a new National Supervision Commission to check corruption by all Chinese officials, regardless of their affiliations or status in the Communist Party of China.
In short, Xi’s effort to root out corruption has empowered both the Party and the reformers.
Because of corruption, the aid money provided to Uganda has done little to improve the wellbeing of the Ugandan people, whose rates of illiteracy, mortality, and poverty surpass those of many neighboring countries.
While Museveni and his cronies preside over what one American diplomat has called an “all-you-can-eat corruption buffet,” the West’s continued support for him prevents the region’s people from controlling their own destinies and fuels further crises.
In reality, these conflicts are not frozen; they are festering wounds that breed corruption and organized crime.
A country with higher GDP generally has lower child mortality rates, higher life expectancy, better education, more democracy, less corruption, greater life satisfaction, and often a cleaner environment.
First, and most important, capital controls create ideal conditions for large-scale corruption.
But an effective market economy needs to minimize the incentives and opportunities for corruption, or it will turn into something worse.
My experience as chairwoman of the Verkhovna Rada Budget Committee and as deputy prime minister in the Yushchenko Cabinet proves that criminal elements here can be brought to heel if the fight against corruption is pursued with vigor and brains; and that Ukraine can become more powerful and prosperous.
The irony of this has not been lost on activists, who deal with the drivers of AIDS, TB, and malaria – corruption and poverty – on a daily basis.
But the fiasco in the run-up to the Commonwealth Games showcased some of India’s problems, not least deep corruption and inadequate infrastructure.
Why are clear suspicions of corruption, asset-stripping and outright theft not investigated and punished, even though both companies are majority-owned by the Government and most of the board membership is state appointed?
Legal Power to the PeopleNEW DELHI – Inspired by Anna Hazare’s hunger strike, thousands of people gathered at Ramlila Grounds in New Delhi to protest governmental corruption.
Protesters here and around the country pressed for a specific political change – a new institution to combat corruption– and, in principle, they won.
Wherever corruption is endemic – say, Russia, China, and much of the Middle East – many officials may view tax havens not as a revenue problem, but as an attractive part of the job.
But worries abound that, in a country where government officials play a major role in promoting economic growth, rooting out corruption might undermine prosperity.
A more credible concern is whether efforts to root out corruption weaken the incentive for government officials to promote growth.
Among the most common forms of corruption is the “sale” of government positions – a practice that has little to do with growth, especially when it is conducted by high-ranking officers in the army, such as the Peoples’ Liberation Army generals who have been arrested during the campaign for trading promotions for bribes.
Indeed, the reality is that corruption imposes a large, often random, tax on businesses, not least by discouraging officials from cutting red tape for all firms – a move that really would boost growth.
The conclusion is clear: the costs of corruption far outweigh the benefits – and not only in China.
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