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More fundamentally, AMLO’s approach to corruption is textbook populism: social problems that seem complex have simple solutions, and they have not been solved only because traditional elites do not want them solved.
Free and fair presidential and parliamentary elections have brought to power leaders who, by implementing radical reforms, are determined to realize voters’ demands for a modern economy and an end to corruption.
Both instruments could be subject to conditions designed to ensure that the funds do not sustain rampant corruption, but flow instead to where they are needed most.
At a press conference this month, he said that economic reform cannot succeed without political reform, and that corruption currently poses the gravest danger to China.
In Russia, an independent central banker, Viktor Gerashencko, could not be removed for years, though he tolerated both inflation and corruption.
That’s right: an International with a capital I: Globalized corruption in the mutual admiration society of Putin, Berlusconi, and Trump.
Corruption and illegal fishing do not acknowledge national borders; they require an international response.
Syrians have experienced uninterrupted dictatorship for 40 years, and, with it, extreme economic hardship, including high unemployment, rising food prices, and endemic corruption.
Likewise, the widespread and official recognition of corruption introduces a new source of uncertainty into national and local politics.
But China’s new leaders have signaled where they want the economy to go and have emphasized their determination to reduce corruption.
Indeed, the quality of governance in Catalonia – where countless corruption scandals pervade cornerstone institutions – is more in line with that of Portugal.
Social norms can also help to curb corruption and encourage fair practices.
Losses through corruption or excessive spending on program administration need to be minimized.
For example, in cases of extreme corruption and crony capitalism, the state’s resources are hijacked by the few.
The anger that has poured onto the streets of Delhi and many other Indian cities was fueled by a great accumulated discontent – at the bestial rape and murder of that still-unnamed woman, yes, but also at pervasive public and private corruption, the absence of governance and accountability, and much more.
Governance failures, ranging from corruption to inefficient implementation of reforms, also pose a serious challenge, as do social and political tensions (and, in some areas, the threat of terrorism).
First and foremost, there can be no corruption, which would not only hurt the “one belt, one road” initiative, but would also undermine China’s ability to pursue other cross-border initiatives in the future.
Most notably, the anger over corruption and nepotism that fueled the Tiananmen protests has never gone away.
Moreover, mistakes in Africa during the 1990’s, particularly in Rwanda, together with corruption scandals, have put pressure on French leaders to bring dramatic changes in foreign policy.
The importance of these structures is that they insulate the central bank’s monetary-policy independence from corruption by the tighter accountability requirements that inevitably come with banking supervision.
That is why I welcome the US-Africa Partnership to Combat Illicit Finance, which aims to promote transparency in public financial management, combat corruption, strengthen judiciaries and the rule of law, and ensure greater accountability to civil-society and private-sector actors.
According to the US Millennium Challenge Corporation, more efficient government helps to reduce poverty, improve education and health care, slow environmental degradation, and combat corruption.
High unemployment and pervasive corruption, however, create a combustible combination.
And corruption American-style can result in trillion-dollar gifts to pharmaceutical companies, the purchase of elections with massive campaign contributions, and tax cuts for millionaires as medical care for the poor is cut.
Income gaps are growing for many reasons, ranging from “skill-biased” technological progress to corruption.
Mexico’s mood is palpable: high expectations that the country will escape its past demons - instability, corruption, and massive social divisions - to become a dynamic society built upon strong, distinctive cultures, social inclusion, and a growing role in the world.
This has been a losing battle, but has dramatically increased violence and corruption in Mexico by ensuring that drug trafficking is a lucrative business.
Ahmedinejad’s election two years ago came with great expectations, with the new president pledging to “bring oil prices to the dining table of all households in Iran,” and to crack down on corruption.
After decades of cynical and often secret interventions by the US, Britain, France, Russia, and other outside powers, the region’s political institutions are based largely on corruption, sectarian politics, and brute force.
There is enough hatred, corruption, and arms in the region to keep it in crisis for years to come.
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