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Moreover, unlike in the past, today’s corruption scandals are being investigated and prosecuted with unprecedented independence.
It is time for the private sector, which has all too often tolerated corruption as an unavoidable cost of doing business, to take a stand as well.
If the region’s political and business leaders add their voices to the protests against corruption, Latin America can achieve a definitive break with the past, ensuring that all citizens can count on the fair implementation of the rule of law to enable everyone to reach their full potential.
The spate of sex scandals is a sign of more serious corruption and degradation than most commentators seem to realize.
There was, moreover, ample evidence of corruption among Milosevic’s inner circle, including members of his immediate family.
Wars, ethnic cleansing, embargoes, and sanctions created not only psychological traumas, but also black markets, smuggling, large-scale corruption, and de facto rule by mafias.
Crime rates are falling, the public infrastructure revolutionized, corruption curtailed, and a sense of legitimate, transparent authority is being established.
We have taken steps to root out corruption and remove unscrupulous officials.
African nations must do their part by continuing to address corruption, eliminate red tape and reduce obstacles to private-sector growth.
Corruption is pervasive, and Xi’s campaign remains broadly popular.
In parts of the world where the rule of law is weak, criminal networks and corruption displace democratic processes.
The resulting cash-based economy is an invitation to corruption.
A large-scale survey of business managers, reported in this year’s EBRD Transition Report, reveals grave concerns with the availability of skilled labor, the predictability and transparency of taxation, and corruption.
Georgia has managed to reduce low-level corruption radically, through deep staff cuts, improved compensation to remaining government employees, and stiffer penalties for bribery.
If one also considers Singapore’s strong rule of law, lack of political corruption, and, most important, equality of opportunity and potential for social mobility, he argues, “[i]t is probably better to be poor in Singapore than anywhere else in Asia.”
The weakened connection between public services and taxes not only makes it easier for officials to cling to power, but also increases the scope for corruption and inefficiency.
Indeed, based on the experience of aid-recipient economies in the emerging world, the Greek people may find it increasingly difficult to hold their government accountable or penalize officials for misbehavior or corruption.
It is the West’s acceptance of corruption – either open or tacit – that makes it an accomplice to too many nefarious regimes, and makes its espousal of democratic principles appear either hypocritical or contradictory.
This is because the initial quiet period is often marked by corruption and a retreat from revolutionary goals, leading idealists to feel that the revolution is losing its way.
Then, in 1934, resentment against growing corruption led Calles to choose an “honest idealist” to become president, a young man who had fought for him early in the revolution, who he thought he could control but who would help the government regain popularity.
One financial issue on which there is global agreement is the need to close down offshore bank havens, which exist mainly for purposes of tax evasion and avoidance, money laundering, and corruption.
During his country’s accession negotiations with the World Trade Organization in December 2001, a former Chinese commerce minister (who is now in prison for corruption) used to tell me and other negotiators that, “If you respect us by an inch, we’ll respect you by a mile.”
In the United States, for example, early cities were rife with corruption and factionalism; local politics was messy enough.
Despite a wealth of opportunities across the Russian economy, the country’s hostile business climate – including bloated bureaucracies, widespread corruption, and the expansion of state-owned companies – has weakened Russian and foreign investors’ incentive to start new projects or expand existing ones.
International measures of press freedom and corruption reveal persistent deficits as well.
And, in its latest report, Global Financial Integrity ranked Malaysia second in the world for illicit capital movements, reflecting years of outflows from a massive informal economy tied to corruption.
In an effort to attract much-needed foreign capital, Najib has introduced the Goods and Service Tax (GST) and cut back on subsidies; but this has not been accompanied by fiscal prudence or effective measures to stanch the leakages from corruption and cronyism.
The protests are clearly the result of ordinary citizens becoming fed up with corruption, the lack of any semblance of rule of law, and arbitrary treatment.
As we have seen with the FIFA corruption scandal, sponsors and investors can use their influence to bring about change.
Like Ukraine, Poland suffered from widespread corruption in the years immediately following the collapse of communism.
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