Comments on: Can Africa shake the corruption curse?

By: i,robert

i,robert — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:45:59 +0000

Greed. That pretty much sums up the flawed human instict. Greed and corruption not only exists in Africa and the US, but everywhere. Anywhere a human exists there will be greed. The ability to rise to power and control the people is driven by greed. But government on the other hand can be a good thing. If a government had honest people who didn’t let greed control them but they control the greed among the people, everything would be sunshine and buttercups. But unfortunately, some in power have been infected with greed and want more than their slice of the pie.To answer the question of Africa, unless you have honest men and women to control the urges of greed and fight to stamp greed out, my answer is no.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:34:06 +0000

The question should be “Can Africa shake the African curse?”My money, and some minor considerations called logic and history, say no.

By: Mark John

Mark John — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:29:07 +0000

This is the link on the Transparency International website from where you can download the sub-Saharan African standings:http://www.transparency.org/po licy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009/r egional_highlights

By: I. Remember America

I. Remember America — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:09:10 +0000

I’ve seen articles on the significance of the CPI for Africa, for the UK and many other countries, but none about the United States’ perennial 18-19th rank for the last 10 years. Amazingly, our rating doesn’t seem to have suffered from two stolen presidential elections or eight years of the most corrupt, incompetent, lying regime in our nation’s history. I suspect that the reason for the blackout is that even the suggestion of corruption in the US would be considered treasonous, which self-deception is itself another heartbreaking indicator of corruption.

By: Casper

Casper — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:41:46 +0000

A list of the African country standings would be interesting, also to do valid comparisons. Examples of cases under investigation should be provided, also indicating the counterparty.As long as the World Bank Governance tick list is not coaxed and complied with, nothing will change. The continent should be split into a northern and southern union, as the morals, rules and ethics differ vastly.I recall reading that the ‘accepted’ tolerance bribe indicator is 10% of any deal. These land up in ‘special accounts’ as an expense item, almost like an advertising budget.