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Whereas the inquisitorial model presumes that fraud is rampant, but often undetected, the accusatorial model adopts a less paranoid stance, presuming that researchers are innocent until proven otherwise.
The fiscal and current-account deficits are widening, foreign investment is weak, inflation is rising, and corruption remains rampant.
But, in the early 2000’s, globalization triggered the “second unfreezing” by facilitating rapid economic growth in Asian countries that, for two centuries, had been constrained by Western dominance, Cold War rules and institutions, and rampant poverty.
Thus, it hopes to divert public attention from still non-existent basic services, continuing sectarianism, weak oil production, scant infrastructure investment, and rampant corruption and cronyism.
Critics point to weak budget institutions, muddled accounting, and rampant fiscal populism among island politicians.
Indeed, accounts of cyber war may be exaggerated, but cyber espionage is rampant, and more than 30 governments are reputed to have developed offensive capabilities and doctrines for the use of cyber weapons.
The “Chinese option” – economic rights and prosperity in exchange for public quiescence – is not feasible, owing to these regimes’ ineptness and rampant corruption.
If it appears frivolous to write about public space in cities like Bogota, Delhi, and Lima, where poverty and squalor run rampant, consider that the government's subsidy of grass and concrete for pedestrians is a measure of its respect for human dignity and the democratic values.
Corruption is rampant, with government officials accused of cronyism and drug trafficking.
Multinational executives frequently cite China as their favorite investment destination, but many of them also complain about rampant graft.
And establishing one received a major boost from Europeans’ deepening security concerns during George W. Bush’s presidency, when American unilateralism was rampant.
There was little of the rampant jingoism, get-them-at-all-costs bloodlust, constant speechifying, and flag-waving that followed the 2001 attacks.
For, despite the rampant scandals, “national Silvio” (“Il Silvio Nazionale”) remains by far Italy’s most popular and successful politician (though his approval ratings have now dipped below the 50% mark in opinion polls for the first time since his second return to the premiership in 2008).
Those opposed to such rampant use of drugs note that diagnostic rates for bipolar disorder, in particular, have skyrocketed by 4,000% and that overmedication is impossible without over-diagnosis.
For Asia's financial crisis of a few years back uncovered many excesses that hid behind the rhetoric of Asian values - the cozy relations between governments and elites; rampant corruption, cronyism and nepotism.
But, although Madoff was only the tip of the iceberg of rampant financial malfeasance, most suspect financiers need not fear arrest, either because their behavior merely skirted the law, or because financial impropriety more subtle than outright fraud is often difficult to prove.
Nor was he able to contain let alone combat rampant corruption in the Palestinian Authority.
Otherwise, bank runs and debt panics will be rampant.
When corruption is rampant, public expenditures and human resources throughout the economy tend to be allocated in ways that maximize opportunities for rent-seeking rather than wealth creation.
Corruption is rampant, and most companies are often forced to work with government-picked partners, over whom control is severely limited.
When, say, public-procurement fraud is rampant, or royalties for natural resources are stolen at the source, or the private sector is monopolized by a narrow network of cronies, populations are unable to realize their potential.
Violations of children’s rights are now so rampant that there simply is no alternative.
The Case for Muddling Through BrexitSANTA BARBARA – Panic is gripping markets – stocks and bonds are falling, the pound is plumbing new depths, fears of recession are rampant – all because a slim majority of voters in the United Kingdom decided that the country should leave the European Union.
Inflation and unemployment remain rampant.
Nor is it clear why investors should stock up on gold if the global economy dips into recession again and concerns about a near depression and rampant deflation rise sharply.
I vividly recall a time in my life when many people feared that starvation would soon run rampant, gaps between the rich and poor would grow ever wider, and everything would eventually come crashing down.
But in societies like Bulgaria, where racism is rampant, Roma have to fight for equal schooling.
During Yanukovych’s administration, corruption was rampant throughout the Ukrainian banking system.
As demand for land and land prices increased, corruption became rampant, with some politicians, industrialists, and bureaucrats using the lack of transparency in land ownership and zoning to misappropriate assets.
And they were not entirely wrong: patronage and graft remain rampant in Afghanistan.
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