As indicated above, corruption thrives where temptation coexists with permissiveness. Where institutional checks on power are missing, where decision making remains obscure, where civil society is thin on the ground, where great inequalities in the distribution of wealth condemn people to live in poverty, that is where corrupt practices flourish.

It cannot be stressed enough that corruption is alive and well even where political, economic, legal and social institutions are well entrenched.

For more details on specific conditions, please refer to Transparency International’s Source Book.

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