tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32060070.post7107236184835025896..comments2024-03-28T10:14:04.854+03:00Comments on Gathara's World: Being African Is Not All It's Cracked Up To BeGatharahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05615274760892257015noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32060070.post-57175712286989697562015-02-12T00:25:18.731+03:002015-02-12T00:25:18.731+03:00Those are legitimate problems and they are existin...Those are legitimate problems and they are existing NOT because Africans are predestined to a bottom of global socioeconomic structure but because of the corruption itself which evolved to a status of "social art". Elite-benefiting system such as communism, colonialism or crone-capitalism are good at creating those self-sustaining corruption systems. This particular source explains it well:<br /><br />Professor John Mukum Mbaku of Cameroon and a world authority on corruption in Africa makes the point that given the incentive system provided by existing rules, legal strategies and other forms of corruption, cleanups are unlikely to be effective.<br />"It does not take advanced training in economics to know that corruption is an inefficient method of allocating resources that also creates market uncertainty galore,' he says. "But corruption also has certain positive benefits. Corrupt practices are flexible and highly responsive to an uncertain political landscape and an often ossified bureaucratic structure. Corruption also bows to the reality that even mid-level public servants are supporting numerous extended family members, and that civil service salaries are inadequate to satisfy the many demands on a salaried official.'<br /><br />Corruption was not invented in Africa, nor is it unique to Africa. The reality is that corruption exists in Africa because the conditions are right for it to exist and until those conditions significantly change, it is likely to continue more or less unabated. This does not excuse the reprehensible and dishonest leaders and public officials in Africa who make no attempt to discharge their duties with integrity and equanimity. But even a token effort would be better than doing nothing.<br />Source: http://bit.ly/19adUsb<br /><br />How to systematically get out of such serious impasse is the only legitimate issue at hand here. eworkflowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13651035753086527465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32060070.post-80551092475977653402015-02-11T23:18:49.482+03:002015-02-11T23:18:49.482+03:00a painful read whose truth annoysa painful read whose truth annoysuntonytohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263925840587070386noreply@blogger.com