Corruption undermines human development and democracy. It reduces access to public services by diverting public resources for private gain. The real costs of corruption were highlighted by the UN Secretary-General in his 2009 statement for the International Anti-Corruption Day: "When public money is stolen for private gain‚ it means fewer resources to build schools‚ hospitals‚ roads and water treatment facilities. When foreign aid is diverted into private bank accounts‚ major infrastructure projects
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widespread corruption for many years. For 2012‚ China was ranked 80th out of 178 countries in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index‚ ranking below the most of developed countries. This severe problem has become the target of public criticism. The 2002 Mainland China national survey‚ a part of the Asian Barometer Survey I‚ indicated that almost half of people view corruption in government as a common and serious problem. Then what are the determinants of corruption? According
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1. Explain the claim made in the passage societies are likely to decline due to corruption. Societies are likely to decline due to corruption as it is not a good reputation to have and no other organisations will be willing to accept a society that has been involved in such a situation as corruption. A society also does not want to tempt their members to be part of corruption. Not only does corruption cause the above but it also loses business for the society. The do not want to involve and corrupt
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In Egypt march‚18‚ 3014‚. There was one day the king of egypt had a sun called Apu and his dad’s name is Sanjay.the egyptians always likes to have power over other kind of people and feel they can control everyone.They don’t like sharing power with other countries and they like to be selfish.This means they never help others countries when they needed and they always independent.All the slaves from egypt were being controlled by a chip so they could always work and listen to the egyptians in everything
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Republic of Zambia Decentralization Implementation Plan 2009 - 2013 ________________________________________ Ministry of Local Government and Housing Decentralization Secretariat Lusaka December 2009 ©GRZ‚ Decentralisation Implementation Plan 2009-2013‚ December 2009 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Republic of Zambia Decentralization Implementation Plan 2009 - 2013 _____________________________________
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demonstrates the corruption of humans. Orwell also shows how snowball and napoleon use the power to corrupt the animal farm. napoleon and snowball corrupted them by making rules that make them believe that they will change stuff up in the farm. Old Major taught Animalism and gave the speech about fighting for the animal’s right´s and not being own by human beings. After old Major died couple days after his speech‚ napoleon and snowball take over the farm after they taught himself how to read and
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is virtually impossible for many American’s to imagine. Television has effected the lives of many Americans since 1927‚ the year Philo Taylor Farnsworth invented the television. Although television has effected America positively in several ways‚ advertising has negatively effected America throughout history. McClure et al.(2013) asserted that adolescents see approximately seventeen advertisements per day‚ and they have excessive receptivity to the media’s advertising tactics (p. 550). In addition
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National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox Making the Revolution: America‚ 1763-1791 Metropolitan Museum of Art Library of Congress Benjamin Franklin Bowles’s New and Accurate Map of the World oil portrait by J.S. Duplessis‚ 1778 London‚ 1780 (inset detail * “People do not inquire . . . What is he? But What does he do?” __Benjamin Franklin__ Information to Those Who Would Remove to America 1782‚ EXCERPTS Benjamin Franklin spent almost one third of his life in Europe serving as a diplomat
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With great power come greater responsibilities. Having power can be very dangerous depending on the person using it‚ as it has been the downfall of many powerful men and women. It has corrupting influences on people‚ giving them superiority complexes. It makes them feel threatened‚ and therefore stops others from achieving excellence. Power also gives them the ability to manipulate others into doing their bidding. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ the character Napoleon is a victim towards the
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tionSAY NO TO CORRUPTION Skeletons keep tumbling out of the cupboard of the Indian political class as corruption scandals tear apart the moral fibre of the nation. The common people knew all along that bribery‚ nepotism and swindling were omnipresent‚ but they used to suffer these cankers stoically. All that has changed lately. More and more courageous souls are coming out to take the bull by the horns. So how do the youth view the rampant corruption in the country? Why are they hesitant to join
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