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Thaksin’s rural base rewarded him by returning him to power, ignoring his personal
corruption.
India’s LBWNEW DELHI – A casual reader of India’s newspapers for the last several weeks would be forgiven for wondering whether the country was suddenly bereft of political controversy, sex scandals, or official
corruption
– normally the standard headline fare here.
After years of
corruption
scandals, political dramas, and protest marches, this was manna from heaven – a story combining cricket, the national obsession, with vice, the national weakness.
Across China’s government, a quiet but resolute commitment to fostering a new growth model that corrects the distortions created by decades of double-digit growth – including corruption, pollution, rising inequality, and other structural imbalances – is taking root.
But it also caused serious problems – such as environmental damage, inequality, excessive debts, overcapacity, and
corruption
– to flourish.
Although systematic human-rights abuses may have ended, endemic
corruption
in many countries persists, along with government efforts to stifle opponents and stamp out criticism.
Nor can the CCP prevent larger protests from erupting over environmental pollution, land seizures, corruption, and official highhandedness.
Prior to the economic reforms of the 1980s,
corruption
in China was relatively petty, as the market’s limited size constrained opportunities for administrative abuse.
But, as the market deepened, inadequate legislation and weak institutional safeguards facilitated increasingly brazen
corruption
and administrative abuses.
Recognizing the potential of
corruption
to undermine the legitimacy of the Communist Party of China and the authority of the Chinese state, Xi has embarked on an anti-graft campaign that is unprecedented in scale, scope, and depth.
Consider the kind of
corruption
in advanced economies exposed by the 2007-2008 global financial crisis, in which vested interests secure the enactment of laws and regulations that entrench their own advantages.
So
corruption
is not just a failure of the state; it is also closely linked to the failure of market, legal, and ideological systems.
It also requires political stability, eradication of corruption, enhanced rule of law, improvement of basic levels of education, and greater use of mobile telephones and the Internet.
The clumsy Jerusalem declaration cannot save Netanyahu’s current coalition government from massive
corruption
scandals and irreconcilable internal conflicts.
A shameful legacy of President Menem's government in the 1990s was that it prevented the investigation and prosecution of serious improprieties, corruption, illegal arms sales, and major terrorist acts.
American conservatives argue that a large public sector is subject to inefficiency and mismanagement, corruption, and bureaucratic abuse, while the taxation needed to support it blunts economic efficiency.
Yet the Nordic states have thrived, not suffered, from a large social welfare state, with much less public-sector
corruption
and far higher levels of voter participation than in the US.
On control of corruption, Nicaragua ranked even lower, in the 19th percentile.
A bill currently progressing through the US Congress would impose sanctions on Nicaragua if Ortega does not move to restore democratic freedoms and stem
corruption.
Low-level
corruption
(the police, courts, and government clerks) has always been widespread in India.
The type of
corruption
that has increased in recent years is partly a consequence of rapid economic growth.
Another reason for rising
corruption
is the soaring expense of elections, with politicians raising money from business as part of a quid pro quo.
But, instead of addressing the structural causes of rising corruption, India’s anti-graft movement bemoans a supposed weakening of ethical values and demands additional agencies with draconian powers to monitor and punish.
The idea of creating and publishing an index with country rankings is a strategy adopted by many organizations and social movements to raise awareness about issues such as corruption, governance, freedom, gender equality, competitiveness, productive knowhow, and the investment climate, among others.
A Russian public anxious about its status; a Chinese people concerned about rampant corruption; a Turkish population divided over ethnicity and religion: All create enabling environments for leaders who feel a psychological need for power.
India’s former prime minister, Manmohan Singh, who lost power less than a year ago, is being questioned by prosecutors in connection with allegations of
corruption
in the privatization of coalmines under his government.
For Chinese President Xi Jinping, a top priority is to merge the CPC with the machinery of government in order to reduce
corruption
and burnish the state’s ideological credentials.
But if outside money is to flow, Blair must get the Palestinian government to rein in its rampant
corruption.
The fourth factor undermining Brazil’s economic performance arose unexpectedly last year, when a multibillion-dollar
corruption
scandal engulfed the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, prompting a far-reaching investigation of high-level politicians and triggering a collapse of private investment.
A financial crisis is caused by a country’s excessive indebtedness, which generally reflects a combination of mismanagement by the debtor country, over-optimism, corruption, and the poor judgment and weak incentives of creditor banks.
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