A new poll has suggested corruption around the world is on the increase; meanwhile, a 主播大秀 study says that corruption is the world's most talked about problem.
Whether it's high-level allegations of corruption in deciding the destination of the world's biggest football event or everyday bribes to the police, it seems more palms are being greased and more backs are being scratched worldwide.
On Wednesday a judge in the US state of Louisiana was impeached for taking bribes; earlier this year Ivory Coast's chamber of commerce said unofficial payments to the police were costing the country $300m.
Well, I''m going to pause it there - but we''re not done with this topic. We''re back on radio at 1800. Til then...
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Corruption is way of life here in Malaysia. It starts from the very top to the bottom. Without corruption, the whole country will just come to a halt.
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Here in nig paying bribe is mandatory to get thngs done. Refusal to paying such can cause a firm,institution or evn an indivdual a great lost. M.A.AHMADNigeria.
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Is bribe more of an opportunity cost of getting process done faster? If i pay 100 dollars to a public servant to save 24 hrs on a process, would it not be a better econonomic model and would i not get better utility for that action. People are economic individuals and threfore make decisions based on economics. Muller from kampala
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Anyone who believes people go into public service to serve, is smoking good green stuff. Public servants are corrupt and are only there for the money/power they want to amass for themselves
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In Tanzania you can not get driving licence,building permit etc without bribe,practicaly anything that has to do with govt department,bribe first.
Dickson,
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To travel from Nigeria to Benin by road is not possible without paying at least 20 different bribes to various "officials" Rgds. Al
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My wife and I were married in India. Someone help facilitate the process which meant paying the clerks at the registry office.
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In Rwanda corruption is zero torolence
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Bayano - can we ever roll back corruption? i think we're chasing a pipe dream. the only thing i see we can do is to minimise the scale of corruption by trying as much as we can to clog the structures that support it
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15:49
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The people that i know that take bribe are the politicians because they the ones that started it in the sense that the salary they police for eg is not enough
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Curruption is like searching for a black cat in a dark room, never possible to change greed attitudes. Naqsh Murtaza, Kabul Afghanistan
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Aljazeera. Why was the Nobel "Peace" Prize awarded to a trouble maker? Obviously an evil plot by warped politicians with evil minds! Immoral! A disgraceto humanity!
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In nigeria. If you don鈥檛 have a godfather in government then you must pay your way through .. Damian
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Of course corruption is rife in all government, including the UK. Why else will Cameron not hold a referendum on UK membership of EU
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I am a ghanaian and corruption reigns in all our department police took money from drivers, youneed to pay officers before your work is done.Willie from ny
Are you having to grease more palms to get by?
| Thursday, 12 Dec. 2010 | 15:30 - 16:00 GMT
A new poll has suggested corruption around the world is on the increase; meanwhile, a 主播大秀 study says that corruption is the world's most talked about problem.
Whether it's high-level allegations of corruption in deciding the destination of the world's biggest football event or everyday bribes to the police, it seems more palms are being greased and more backs are being scratched worldwide.
On Wednesday a judge in the US state of Louisiana was impeached for taking bribes; earlier this year Ivory Coast's chamber of commerce said unofficial payments to the police were costing the country $300m.
But how bad is the problem where you are?
Your comments
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Well, I''m going to pause it there - but we''re not done with this topic. We''re back on radio at 1800. Til then...
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Corruption is way of life here in Malaysia. It starts from the very top to the bottom. Without corruption, the whole country will just come to a halt.
Comment sent via SMS
Here in nig paying bribe is mandatory to get thngs done. Refusal to paying such can cause a firm,institution or evn an indivdual a great lost. M.A.AHMADNigeria.
Comment sent via SMS
Is bribe more of an opportunity cost of getting process done faster? If i pay 100 dollars to a public servant to save 24 hrs on a process, would it not be a better econonomic model and would i not get better utility for that action. People are economic individuals and threfore make decisions based on economics. Muller from kampala
Comment sent via SMS
Anyone who believes people go into public service to serve, is smoking good green stuff. Public servants are corrupt and are only there for the money/power they want to amass for themselves
Comment sent via SMS
In Tanzania you can not get driving licence,building permit etc without bribe,practicaly anything that has to do with govt department,bribe first. Dickson,
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To travel from Nigeria to Benin by road is not possible without paying at least 20 different bribes to various "officials" Rgds. Al
Comment sent via SMS
My wife and I were married in India. Someone help facilitate the process which meant paying the clerks at the registry office.
Comment sent via SMS
In Rwanda corruption is zero torolence
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Bayano - can we ever roll back corruption? i think we're chasing a pipe dream. the only thing i see we can do is to minimise the scale of corruption by trying as much as we can to clog the structures that support it
Comment sent via SMS
The people that i know that take bribe are the politicians because they the ones that started it in the sense that the salary they police for eg is not enough
Comment sent via SMS
Curruption is like searching for a black cat in a dark room, never possible to change greed attitudes. Naqsh Murtaza, Kabul Afghanistan
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Aljazeera. Why was the Nobel "Peace" Prize awarded to a trouble maker? Obviously an evil plot by warped politicians with evil minds! Immoral! A disgraceto humanity!
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In nigeria. If you don鈥檛 have a godfather in government then you must pay your way through .. Damian
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Of course corruption is rife in all government, including the UK. Why else will Cameron not hold a referendum on UK membership of EU
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I am a ghanaian and corruption reigns in all our department police took money from drivers, youneed to pay officers before your work is done.Willie from ny