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Like Bo, both men had been members of the CCP Central Committee, the Party’s inner circle – a status that allowed them to escape a death sentence (unlike the lower-ranking former Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun following his conviction on similar charges of
corruption
and abuse of power).
The real story of Bo’s career – one of infidelity, betrayal, and
corruption
– is appalling.
Banks also embody the tangle of vested interests, malpractice, and even
corruption
that, together with la dolce vita, have come to be associated with Italy.
Instead, it brought massive
corruption
and administrative incompetence, together with breathtaking arrogance.
Finally, at the national level, some Latin American countries suffer from such terrorism enablers as corruption, weak government institutions, insufficient interagency cooperation, inadequate financial safeguards, misapplied terrorist laws against non-terrorists, and insufficient counterterrorism resources.
The authorities must resolve fundamental constitutional questions (such as whether Iraq should be a federal state or a confederation), rebuild civil society, reform state institutions, reconstruct the economy, and end the waste and
corruption
in the oil sector.
Secret bank accounts not only support terrorism, but also facilitate the
corruption
that undermines development.
By contrast, Italy’s economically deprived southern regions – where youth unemployment has, in some areas, reached nearly 60% – voted overwhelmingly for the Five Star Movement, which advocates a guaranteed basic income and condemns the
corruption
of local elites.
But while measures encouraging economic convergence have been successful in many jurisdictions, they have failed in others, such as southern Italy, precisely because of the institutional weakness and widespread
corruption
that the populists decry.
For China, the issue largely concerns the design and implementation of the next stage of institutional reforms to sustain economic growth and efficiency, reduce social inequality, remove market distortions, address environmental deterioration, and combat
corruption.
In China, the one-party system has been effective in delivering strong growth, but it must now address the rampant
corruption
and excessive bureaucracy that has crowded out the private sector and limited creativity and innovation.
Finally, the issue for both countries is not
corruption
or inequality – which are universal – but equal opportunity and, in China’s case, respect for property rights.
Opaque and unfair delineation and allocation of land rights in China, together with state monopolies and burdensome bureaucracies, create distortions that give rise to
corruption
and inequities.
So far, Xi’s down-to-earth approach has raised hopes that China will enter a new phase of reform that will address economic imbalances, increase social inclusion, and tackle endemic
corruption.
Indeed, America’s bog of legal
corruption
is likely to reach a depth not seen since President Warren G. Harding’s administration in the 1920s.
The result is that, though economic difficulties – rising food and fuel prices, corruption, and unemployment – persist, they have not led to demonstrations calling for regime change.
As a result, if the price of soy continues to fall, subsidies – a source of
corruption
and patronage – will be an increasingly heavy burden for public spending.
With hard times approaching, will Cristina try to be a twenty-first-century Evita and create an epic by exploiting Argentines’ flamboyant tendencies, armed with an exceptional power or will she adopt Rouseff’s sensible attitude and combat inefficiency and
corruption
while strengthening governmental institutions?
Indeed, Navalny has been a persistent and effective critic of
corruption
in both the Russian government and state-owned companies.
Indeed, the absence of genuine political competition and the public’s lack of confidence in Russia’s politicians are the country’s main problems, for they undermine the rule of law, enable interest groups to “capture” state institutions, and encourage corruption, all of which have led to capital flight and a brain drain.
This is not a complete surprise: in many countries, working classes and rural farmers have benefited from per capita income increases and a broadening social safety net, while the middle classes feel the pinch from rising inflation, poor public services, corruption, and intrusive government.
Uribe criticizes Santos – through up to 40 tweets per day to his more than one million followers – for repudiating his “democratic security” stance, for the growth of the “Bacrim” (petty-crime gangs), for appeasing Colombia’s two hostile neighbors, Venezuela and Ecuador, and for prosecuting some of his aides on
corruption
charges.
The promise of secularism, however, proved hollow, with countries like Egypt, Libya, Iraq, and Syria sinking into despotism and
corruption.
Governance and land-tenure systems must be improved in many countries, and the risk of
corruption
must be addressed rigorously.
One focuses on corruption: The previous guys were corrupt, so we kicked the rascals out.
Indeed, those polled emphasized domestic problems resulting from that failure – authoritarianism, corruption, outdated education systems, and unemployment – over regional concerns, including the threat of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) or interference by regional heavyweights or outside powers.
Berlusconi’s worries, instead, have more to do with a possible criminal verdict by the Constitutional Court on
corruption
charges, and a related ban from public office.
In 1923, more than 100 Chinese judges, prosecutors, and clerks resigned en masse to protest trumped-up
corruption
charges against the then-finance minister.
Rich countries have long meddled, often with their own
corruption
and incompetence, in the internal affairs of the countries that they now lecture.
The most visible symptom is corruption, but the cause is intrinsic to autocratic rule.
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