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India among 13 nations that are corrupt and badly governed | India is among thirteen countries that have been declared to have a high level of corruption and abysmal government performance. According to the report prepared by the Washington based
Results for Development Institute (R4D), Guatemala, Paraguay, Ghana, Kenya, Peru,
Argentina, Russia, Romania, Albania, Moldova, Poland, and Indonesia are the other
countries that were listed for review and assessment on these two counts. Insofar
as India was concerned, the report based its assessment on two districts in the
state of Karnataka in India, which has a population of 53 million. It quoted the
Indo-Dutch Project Management Society (IDPMS) as saying that it found that 24
percent of all positions were vacant at public health centers, including half
of the pharmacy jobs. They also found that common drugs were not available in
health clinics for six to eight months at a time, and doctors were not available
for 37 percent of the time during clinic hours. In some cases, the investigators
said in interviews, unqualified people were disbursing drugs because no pharmacist
was available. The report, From the Ground Up, which was published by the Brookings
Institution Press, documents a growing phenomenon of watchdog groups in developing
countries examining key issues in government performance, seizing a role that
has long been delegated to Western institutions and a cadre of outside consultants.
Experts say the indigenous groups have the potential to do a better job than the
outsiders-and cost far less. "What these organizations are showing is that there
are people on the ground in these countries who know the context better, know
the schools, know the health system, and with a little outside help, they can
go in and make changes happen,'' said Courtney Tolmie, a co-author of the report.
The report, released today at the London School of Economics, documents 19 case
studies and related reform advocacy by groups from 2006 to 2008. The problem of
mismanagement and corruption in young democracies has been a source of great concern
among donors, governments, and obviously citizens in developing countries. Surveys
have consistently shown that in many countries more than half the people have
directly experienced instances of corruption-from local policemen demanding bribes
to their family doctor asking for additional fees. |
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