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Moreover, many fragile states are rich in natural resources, and must establish transparent resource management – aimed at curbing
corruption
and controlling illicit flows of money and goods – in order to raise the revenues needed to deliver services.
Italy can survive being badly governed and with a high level of
corruption
because it is surrounded by the peaceful environment of the European Union.
Israel’s political system, through its complex mechanisms of rigged party selection and absolute proportionality, condemns the country to weak coalition governments and escalating
corruption.
Among non-democracies, China had the Bo Xilai scandal, which was worthy of a spy novel, with illicit affairs, rampant corruption, murder, and a senior police official’s dramatic quest for asylum in a US consulate.
The alternative to this price-oriented approach – continued dependence on the quota system – would incur considerable administrative expenses, efficiency losses, and social costs stemming from rent-seeking and
corruption.
Within days, the ousted incumbent, Najib Razak, was under investigation for corruption, and the long-jailed opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, was back in politics.
To vote “no” is to vote against the “system” and all of its
corruption.
Who is not against
corruption?
Resources need to be channeled away from armed conflict, tax loopholes for the rich, and wasteful outlays on new oil, gas, and coal development toward priorities such as health, education, and low-carbon energy, as well as stronger efforts to combat
corruption
and capital flight.
The “democratic energy” of Norway may constitute too distant a goal, but Russia’s role as a predictable energy supplier requires ending the reign of
corruption.
Most were not students, who started the peaceful demonstrations against
corruption
and autocracy, but ordinary workers, the sort of people a Communist Party ought to be standing up for.
All the demonstrators had asked for was free speech, dialogue with the government, independent unions, and an end to official
corruption.
Official statistics show that more than 85,000 public protests occurred in 2005 (and probably more each year since) over issues such as corruption, public health, the environment, and land use.
In many low- and middle-income countries, corruption, inadequate spending, and wasted resources pose enduring challenges for health-care systems.
According to researchers at the University of California, San Diego, corruption, waste, and unethical billing cost patients and health systems billions of dollars annually.
But how?Around the world,
corruption
and collusion are institutionalized in many health-care systems.
Until corruption, theft, and wasteful and inefficient spending are addressed more vigorously, universal health coverage will remain aspirational.
Fortunately, governments are increasingly committed to solving the
corruption
crisis.
With broad agreement on the need to combat
corruption
in the health sector, the harder challenge will be developing workable remedies.
Improving transparency in financial systems could also help curb corruption, while civil-society groups, journalists, and patients should push for greater accountability from governments and medical providers.
He has also had to govern in a persistently difficult environment: a lame-duck president next door in the United States, a severe economic downturn, and the legacy of corruption, negligence, and complicity handed down by his predecessors since 1968, when Mexico’s old one-party political system began to crumble.
The bees have overwhelmed him, and violence, corruption, complicity, and contamination of the state have all skyrocketed.
These past 13 years have been fair-to-middling for the country: mediocre economic growth, but no collapse; democratic rotation in power, with no uprisings or massacres; a slow but steady expansion of the middle class; and a slow but steady drop in
corruption.
For populists, an election is never just about opposing policy views; it is about the personal corruption, immorality, and fundamental illegitimacy of all other contenders for power.
Their new reform agenda covers a long list of objectives, including reducing corruption, improving the rule of law, increasing the accountability and effectiveness of public institutions, and enhancing the access and voice of citizens.
In the case of Egypt, there are several reasons: more than 30 years of one-man rule;Hosni Mubarak’s plans to pass the presidency on to his son; widespread corruption, patronage, and nepotism; and economic reform that did not benefit most Egyptians, but that nonetheless contrasted sharply with the almost complete absence of political change.
The challenges of a fast-growing population, inadequate education, insufficient jobs, corruption, bureaucracy, and rising global competition constitute the greatest threat to the country’s future.
As Eastern Europe’s democracies backslide politically, Soros has made donations to NGOs fighting
corruption
and authoritarianism.
No one should be surprised that AMLO has made fighting
corruption
the centerpiece of his campaign.
But no one should expect AMLO to produce a ten-point plan to fight
corruption
and lawlessness.
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