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Originally posted by Hakan@Jul 4 2005, 06:48 PM
Corruption goes hand in hand with poverty. End the poverty, end the corruption, it's not just Africa that's corrupt and that's no reason to not step up our aid.
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This might work for 'under the table speeding ticket fines', but not when it comes to macro-corruption. The poverty exists (verrrry simply put) because the raw resources that hold the value of the continent are exploited, with two beneficiaries. The immediate exploiter of the resource (govt., army) and the 'buyer' of the good, who gets quality resources at bottom dollar (because they are no pesky official taxes, very cheap labour, etc.)
To me it's a chicken/egg problem. Corruption will stop when massive corrupt funding sources are eliminated. These sources will be eliminated when the avenues for their success are removed (corrupt government associates).
I have no idea how to solve this problem. Make TNC's totally transparent in all their dealings, everywhere?