Can the rot be stopped? High rhetoric, low deeds. Vanessa Baird examines the murky world of corruption.
New Internationalist › Nbr. 2006, March 2006
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Can the rot be stopped? High rhetoric, low deeds. Vanessa Baird examines the murky world of corruption.
They were not a happy pair. The two Nepalese teachers of journalism seemed to get glummer by the day.
Finally, one morning, over breakfast in the Dhaka guesthouse where we were staying, they explained. For three months they had been going to the Bangladeshi authorities to get an extension to their work permits. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] They had started the process well in advance because they knew it could take a long time. Now their permits were about to expire within the next few days--and if that happened there would be hefty fines to pay. There was nothing wrong with their paperwork. No reason was given for the delay. It was just that nothing was happening. Could it be, I ventured, that the official concerned was waiting to be offered something? Yes, that's what their Bangladeshi colleagues had told them. They had even told them how much it might cost to 'speed things up'. It was not...See the full content of this document
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