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Indeed, over time, questions have been replaced by German frustration at Greeks’ alleged indolence, corruption, and incorrigibility.
Though competent and tough, Rousseff faces voter fatigue after 12 years of PT rule, which many will remember, perhaps unfairly, for
corruption
scandals and the national team’s 7-1 drubbing by Germany in this year’s World Cup.
But our contempt was driven more by the West’s role in supporting
corruption
in Africa than by the fate of the specific Zimbabwean artifact we had seen.
But in one area, Putin’s regime remains an innovator:
corruption.
When opposition leader Alexei Navalny made a documentary about Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev’s alleged corruption, more than 20 million people viewed it.
Last month, tens of thousands of people in 90 Russian cities took to the streets to protest against
corruption.
An even more visible change is the sudden increase in criminal charges – ranging from
corruption
to sexual offenses – being filed against members of the old elite.
The homes of several senior civil servants have been raided recently as part of
corruption
investigations, and serious accusations of sexual harassment have been leveled against India’s top environmentalist, Rajendra Pachauri, who headed the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change when it received the Nobel Peace Prize.
On December 19, Sonia Gandhi, President of the Congress party, and her son, Rahul Gandhi, the party’s vice president, were forced to appear in court on
corruption
charges.
But perhaps even more important is backing for reforms aimed at eliminating
corruption
and promoting growth.
From commodities to financial assets, price formation should become more market-based and transparent, while capital allocation should become more efficient and the scope for rent-seeking and
corruption
should be reduced.
Leftist governments like those in Argentina and Venezuela have long adopted polarizing policies, especially on issues such as violence, solidarity with pariah countries (Cuba for Venezuela;Iran for Argentina), and
corruption
– policies that may now be challenged or reversed by new leaders.
To modernize Russia, one must break the stranglehold of corruption, establish accountability, and free the media.
Political
corruption
is fueling widespread fury, with many convinced that moneyed interests have captured their democratic institutions.
Corruption, special interests, and sheer incompetence are common problems.
Not surprisingly, the last time American culture had such a reversal of iconography was during the Great Depression, when films like “The Grapes of Wrath” cast down-to-earth simplicity – versus the
corruption
of wealthy elites – as a shining virtue.
Meanwhile, the new government failed to investigate numerous war crimes, miscarriages of justice, and the
corruption
of the Tudjman era.
Corruption
undermines the quality of life for people around the world, not only in poor countries.
The US currently is witnessing several
corruption
scandals.
Elections are obviously one method, though campaign financing can be a source of
corruption.
One measure of the quality of governance in over 150 countries is provided by Transparency International, an organization dedicated to strengthening civil society in the fight against government
corruption.
Transparency International produces an annual ranking of “corruption perceptions,” measuring the public’s view of the extent of
corruption
in a country.
Poor countries achieve lower levels of
corruption
when civil rights are protected.
When people have the freedom to assemble, to speak, and to publish their views, society benefits not only by increasing the range of ideas that are debated, but also by keeping
corruption
in check.
Finally, the data show that
corruption
is highest in oil and gas-producing countries.
In general, natural resources like oil, gas, diamonds, and other precious minerals breed corruption, because governments can live off of their export earnings without having to “compromise” with their own societies.
The natural resources are therefore not only a target of
corruption
but also an instrument of holding power.
By strengthening civil society – through legal rights and long-term economic development – and instituting clear rules to ensure accountability, political despotism and
corruption
will be brought under control.
Of course, aid should be directed to specific needs – for example, malaria control, food production, safe drinking water, and sanitation – whose fulfillment can be measured and monitored to resist
corruption.
Well-educated and successful, middle-class Russians have taken to the streets to gain respect from a Kremlin hierarchy that is mired in deceit and
corruption.
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