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The degree to which the suggestions put forward by the Auditor General will beenforced remains to be seen. However, going by past history, it is farfetched thateven an iota of the recommendations will be executed

In the past several years, the sub!ect of corruption"the exploitation of public office for personalaccretion"has been the theme for confabulation among academicians and planners. An array of

reasons can be advanced as to why this issue has come under renewed inspection. #orruption

scandals have dislodged governments in many developed as well as developing countries,

including the leastdeveloped ones. In the transition countries, the switch from command

economies to free mar$et economies has led to %robdingnagian scopes for appropriation of rents

&that is, exorbitant profits'.

#orruption is most extensive where other configurations of institutional inefficiency, such as

political instability, bureaucratic red tape, and wea$, legislative and !udicial systems prevail. It is

farreaching in countries such as (epal not because the people are different from people

elsewhere but because situations are ripe for it. (ot only are opportunities to engage in

corruption copious, the inducement to procure income is extremely potent, exacerbated by

poverty and by appalling civil service remuneration.

Additionally, ris$s of all il$ &for instance, illness and unemployment' are precipitous, and people

broadly lac$ the numerous ris$spreading instruments available in more opulent countries. The

discretion of many public officials is also broad, and this systemic wea$ness is exacerbated by

poorly expounded, ever changing, and deficiently propagated rules and regulations.

There are different $inds of corruption which encompass, inter alia, bribery, extortion, nepotism,fraud, the use of )speed money* &money furnished to government officials to +uic$en their

consideration of business matter falling within their !urisdiction', and embelement. Although

people consider corruption as a sin of government, it is also rife in the private sector.

#orruption could also be assumed to mitigate growth by lessening the +uality of public

infrastructure and service, decreasing tax receipt, inducing talented people to involve in rent

see$ing rather than fruitful occupations, and distorting the mix of government consumption.

If the expenses of corruption are steep, why don*t governments get rid of it- A probable re!oinder

is that once a corrupt mode prevails, and a ma!ority of people function within that system, peoplehave no impetus to try to alter it or prevent ta$ing part in it, even if everyone would be better off

if graft were to be stamped out.

Empirical research has proven that countries that are politically more corrupt tend to be more

politically unstable. urthermore, it has been manifested that both corruption and political

volatility may emanate from the collapse of members of the same government or ruling elite.

/esearchers have begun to vet the nexus between civil servants* salaries and the extent of

corruption and have proposed that e+uitable salaries are a necessary condition for eschewing

corruption, though not a sufficient one.

#ertain strident measures could be executed to truncate the degree of corruption. irst, the ma!or

culprits must be penalied. 0hen there is a culture of indulging in corrupt acts with impunity,

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one techni+ue is for a number of ma!or corrupt characters to be sentenced and penalied. In this

framewor$, the government should expeditiously pinpoint a few ma!or tax evaders, a few big

bribe givers, and a few highlevel government bribe ta$ers.

1econd, the whole population must be consulted in analying corrupt methods. 2odes of

consulting them encompass underta$ing systematic client surveys, involving professional

institutions, and educational programs.

Third, there is a demand to reconstruct incentives. In (epal, the public sector wages are so low

that a family cannot survive on a typical 1ection 3fficer*s salaries. 4i$ewise, degrees of propitious

outcomes are often not present in the public sector, so that what officials earn is not lin$ed with

what they spawn.

5olitical bigwigs in (epal have made politics a gadget for garnering wealth illicitly. It is

preposterous to tac$le corruption where a capable and artless political leadership does not exist.

Accountability is also extremely fragile. 4aws and principles of ethics in government have not

been aptly promoted, and the legal organiations charged with administering them are not fullyprepared for this intricate tas$.

This year*s annual report of the Auditor General &AG', though a preachy, goodygoody document,

has revealed farreaching instances of corruption and underscores the re+uirement for

transparency to tac$le the anomalies. The degree to which the suggestions put forward by the AG

will be enforced remains to be seen. However, going by past history, it is farfetched that even an

iota of the recommendations will be executed.

To conclude, corruption is a symptom of fundamental economic, political and institutional

causes. Addressing corruption efficiently entails tac$ling these latent causes. #ontesting it startswith the blueprint of better structures. 2onopolies must be either curtailed or gingerly

regulated. 3fficial discretion must be elucidated.

Transparency must be reinforced. In other words, an economic approach is re+uired coupled with

great political sensitivity. However, as long as the political system does not possess strong moral

convictions, corrupt habits will continue to prevail.