Corruption, simply defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, is an important global and historical problem imposing political, economic, and environmental costs on societies around the world. It is also a complex issue having many dimensions and multiple layers. Besides its universality, corruption is not a new phenomenon. It is as old as human beings started living together and established some form of state to run their affairs
Notwithstanding the above, we must admit that corruption is far more pervasive in developing countries than it is in the developed world. his E-Book is an attempt to gauge the pervasiveness of corruption and corrupt practices in the developing countries, find out its causes and lay down a framework for its minimization, if not total eradication. For this, I have suggested a set of recommendations in the last three chapters before the conclusion, i.e., chapters seven to nine, of the book. Chapter 2 deals with perspectives on corruption including the issue of arriving at a precise definition of corruption as well as its various facets. Chapter 3 is about the causes & conditions conducive for Corruption
Chapter 4 of the book explains the way corruption is measured in a country for categorizing countries as the most corrupt or the least. It also highlights the limitations of these methods for having a proper perspective. and global comparison.while Chapter 5 enumerates the costs-social, economic and political, of widespread corruption in the country. It debunks the idea that corruption serves as speed money in a developing country for accelerating the modernization process. Total nonsense.
Genre: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & AdministrationJust published
Corruption, simply defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain, is an important global and historical problem imposing political, economic, and environmental costs on societies around the world. It is also a complex issue having many dimensions and multiple layers. While at the core level, it is traditional bribery and embezzlement, its outer layers consist of clientelism and patronage. And, at the highest level, it is a state capture through lobbying by the vested interests, acting formally as in the USA or informally as in almost every country.
Besides its universality, corruption is not a new phenomenon. It is as old as human beings started living together and established some form of state to run their affairs. Those who were entrusted with the task of statecraft invariably indulged in nepotism and graft which was taken for granted and accepted as a necessary evil by the people.
Over 2,300 years ago Kutilia Chanakya, (the Machiavelli of the East) enumerated more than forty ways of embezzling money from the government in his classic book on statecraft, Arthashastra. He stated that it was not possible for a public servant to refrain from corruption and compared the process of generation and collection of revenue (by officials) with honey or poison on the tip of the tongue, which becomes impossible not to taste. Plato, in The Republic, acknowledges the corrupt nature of political institutions and recommends that philosophers "shelter behind a wall" to avoid senselessly martyring themselves.
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Author review: Pascal Pierre Kameim translated my book "Corruption in Developing Countries: Challenges & Response" into French. It is not only an extremely faithful translation but also done with great care and passion. I was kept informed about the progress of the translation work which was completed in the agreed time frame. Thank you very much. Regards. Shahid |
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Translated by Welington de Souza Vaz
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Author review: Wellington de Souza translated my e-book "Corruption in Developing Countries: Challenges & Response" into Portuguese. It is a very faithful translation of the original, done with commitment. |
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Translated by Claudia González-Ramírez
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Author review: Claudia González-Ramírez translated my ebook "Corruption in Developing Countries: Challenges & Response" into Spanish. She not only finished the task within the timeframe agreed upon but kept me informed about the progress. It is a faithful translation of the book, keeping the essence of the original-a remarkable feat. Regards. Shahid |
