Corruption and Accountability in the Developing and the Developed Countries
May 15, 2010
News world wide — Rampant corruption is a major symptom and source of bad governance in the developing countries. In these countries institutions are fragile because to a greater extent laws, rules and regulations are thrown to the backburner by the elected and appointed officials for their self-centered illegal quick bucks. 
Many organizations are inefficient due to cumbersome official procedures and bureaucratic red tape. Trust of the people has badly cracked in the states’ institutions; therefore, in an effort to make shortcuts people pay bribe to avoid undue procedural delay. Therefore, in many underdeveloped countries corruption has become part and parcel of the official functioning. Laws and accountability institutions are in place but their practical outcomes in combating corruption are trivial. Paradoxically, in the developed countries, due to strong institutions and rule of law, people have confidence in their country’s institutions. Due to implementation of laws in letter and spirit, people are groomed to respect laws. There is strong sense of accountability in these nations; therefore, corrupt practices in developed countries are less as compare to the Third World countries.
Corruption has ‘toxic effects’ on the society by hindering its economic activities. It widens the gap between the poor and the rich. It makes the organizations inefficient and magnifies the cost of carrying out any business. The countries that are able to root out corruption have magnetized foreign investment, increased growth rate and per capita income and literacy rate. The report on Human Development in South Asia 1999 concluded:“Corruption is one of the most damaging consequences of poor governance. It undermines investment and economic growth, decreases the resources available for human development goals, deepens the extent of poverty, subverts the judicial system, and undermines the legitimacy of the state. In fact, when corruption becomes entrenched, it can devastate the entire economic, political, and social fabric of a country…corruption breeds corruption – and a failure to combat it effectively can lead to an era of entrenched corruption
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under Opinion
3 Responses to “Corruption and Accountability in the Developing and the Developed Countries”
Thank you for taking the time to write this!
this policy is coming from british goverment.now correption is a step of success in india as i know .if you try to change it the corrept officer change you to a worthless . because they alway’s say “khao or khane do” . brahstachar humare desh ka shistachar hai” and to contoll them or to improve india govt. have to create vaccancy in anti correption buro but they only tranfered Corrupt officer’s to a.c.d. department and the work of them is only to do work like popet and the instruction’s are given by politiian’s.and the 50% target is the man who are not correpted or trying to become corrept but what about the big crocodile’sand that is the main reason that the mindfull people do their job’s in abrode and feel embaress.because they are able to improve their country but theCorrupted officer never give them chance even if they get chance by mistake they will grab it from them,,,,,, so in my real view “BHART BHAGYE VIDHATA”.
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