Indonesia - Asia’s Stumbling Giant 1. What Political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? Political factors are corruption and red tape‚ absolutism and crony capitalism. Economic factors are poor infrastructure and fleeing of foreign companies from the country decreasing the foreign investments in the country and increasing the unemployment rate in the country. The political and economic factors that hinder growth in Indonesia
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United States. It was an era defined by its increased competition‚ greed‚ political corruption‚ and excessive displays of wealth and gross materialism by the rich and wealthy. This gross materialism did not go unnoticed. Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner published a novel called the Gilded Age (providing the era with its most notable label)‚ which satirically described the greed‚ materialism‚ and political corruption that accompanied the growth of industry and cities. It was an extremely productive
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Daimler Chrysler remind us that bribery and corruption continue to be extremely important contemporary issues in the global village. Perhaps the most sobering aspect of these recent events is how easily the Salt Lake organizing committee was suborned—ironic in a state whose self image was one of rectitude—“How could it happen here‚ with our high moral standards?...There is evidence that the United States is now viewed abroad as a country congenial to corruption of the cheapest third world variety” (Caldwell
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on the Seminar‚ “YOU CAN STOP CORRUPTION” organized by UNODC‚ ROSA on December 9‚ 2005 at the India Habitat Centre‚ New Delhi INTRODUCTORY SESSION 1000-1045 MR. SHANKAR SEN‚ Senior Fellow‚ Institute of Social Sciences: Welcome Address and Introduction Mr. Shankar Sen welcomed the participants. The session started with the introduction to the background and context of the issue of corruption. Mr. Sen informed the participants about the level and dimension of corruption in different states of India
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and Rome all declined and eventually collapsed all together due to internal corruption‚ economic decline‚ and external invasions. Although Rome was destroyed culturally and politically once it fell‚ China and India were able to maintain some culture due to the religions Confucianism and Hinduism. One of the causes of the collapse of all three civilizations is that all three empires were ridden with political corruption during their later years‚ all three suffered under poor leadership‚ and moral
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of the countries where these money are hidden. When a common person fails to pay his income tax or file his income return‚ he is taken for a ride. Why is our system so easy to break and people are able to get away with tons of tax payers money. Political parties proudly say‚ we had only 10 scams during our tenure but the opposition party had 20. 1. ISRO Spectrum Scam 2. 2G Scam 3. Commonwealth Games Scam 4. Adarsh Society Scam 5. Reddy brothers 6. Satyam scam Just imagine‚ if we are able to
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There are several current issues in the Philippines‚ let’s just say in economic‚ political and government conditions‚ education‚ environment‚health‚ socials and many more. Every day‚ we watch on television‚ we hear from radios‚ read from newspapers and in the internet the continuous news of corruption of some politicians is the most trending issue. The scandalous pork barrel scam is history in the making. It is the biggest problem now a days in the government‚ imagine how many senators‚ congressmen
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exploited the working class using unethical and in some cases illegal practices. These people became known as “robber barons”. This is a prime example of the amount of corruption that took place in this era. The corruption of this era was apparent in The Gilded Age by Mark Twain. There were many instances of political corruption in this book. One of the main culprits was how Senator Dilworthy. Dilworthy had been charmed by an attractive young lady name Laura. This woman charmed the Senator so
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Bangladesh is a developing country. She achieved independence 42 years ago but still she depends on foreign helps regarding many issues. She is trapped in a lot of problems such as poverty‚ over population‚ unemployment‚ corruption‚ health hazard‚ food and accommodation crisis‚ illiteracy etc. But‚ the present government has promised and started taking steps to change the situation and has determined to build a “Digital Bangladesh”. The sense of Digital Bangladesh is not clear yet. We assume that
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(MCC) corruption test gave the Philippines a failing grade in the area of “control of corruption” (North America News Bureau‚ 2008).The country failed the test of two indicators for not spending enough for health and primary education. But the present administration claimed they were judged based on perception alone. Perception can make or break people and institutions (Powers‚ 2007). People seem to be losing faith in politics. Fewer people are voting‚ fewer people are joining political parties
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