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Myth #1: Developing world hopelessly corrupt; Industrialized countries in Nirvana?

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

Myth #1.  Developing countries, and governments in particular, are all rife with corruption, while corruption is virtually absent in much of the rich industrialized world.   
Actually, the reality is different. The evidence points to an enormous diversity in the extent of corruption within emerging economies, and among industrialized countries as well.  The data suggests that some emerging […]