quarta-feira, 24 de fevereiro de 2010

Corrupção: Pode ser combatida?

Can corruption really be fought? That is, can you change a society from one whose everyday wheels are greased by bribes to one in which petty corruption is rare and shunned? Can you, say, turn Uzbekistan into Britain?

The textbook examples of such change are Singapore and Hong Kong. Both faced corruption as a commonplace offense in the not-too-distant past, and both have substantially wiped it out, moving to the top ranks of the Corruption Perceptions Index. But, the textbook always tells you, these are two very special cases: they have small, homogenous, and rich populations. These characteristics merit further examination.

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