CORRUPTION IN INDIA -2013
INTRODUCTION
Fighting corruption has emerged as a key development issue in India in
recent years. More and more policymakers, businesses, and civil society
organizations, have begun to confront the issue openly. At the same time the
general level of understanding about corruption has risen markedly. Until
recently, it was not uncommon to hear someone discuss anti-corruption strictly in
law enforcement terms. By contrast, most people working in the field today
acknowledge that public education and prevention are equally important. The
field has also come to appreciate how critical the role of civil society is for
effective and sustained reform.
A number of factors explain this growing emphasis on fighting corruption.
Expansion and consolidation of democracy at the grassroots level has enabled
citizens to use the vote and new-found civil liberties to confront corruption,
prompting leaders and opposition figures to show a stronger anti-corruption
commitment. Internationally, since the end of the Cold War, donor governments
have focused less on ideological grounds for foreign assistance and
concentrated more on trade and development, both of which are undermined by
corruption. Countries with high levels of corruption, like India, have found
themselves less able to attract investment and aid in a competitive global market.
At the same time, business within the country has faced ever stiffer competition
with the gobalization of trade and capital markets, and has become less willing to
tolerate the expense and risk associated with corruption.
INTRODUCTION
Fighting corruption has emerged as a key development issue in India in
recent years. More and more policymakers, businesses, and civil society
organizations, have begun to confront the issue openly. At the same time the
general level of understanding about corruption has risen markedly. Until
recently, it was not uncommon to hear someone discuss anti-corruption strictly in
law enforcement terms. By contrast, most people working in the field today
acknowledge that public education and prevention are equally important. The
field has also come to appreciate how critical the role of civil society is for
effective and sustained reform.
A number of factors explain this growing emphasis on fighting corruption.
Expansion and consolidation of democracy at the grassroots level has enabled
citizens to use the vote and new-found civil liberties to confront corruption,
prompting leaders and opposition figures to show a stronger anti-corruption
commitment. Internationally, since the end of the Cold War, donor governments
have focused less on ideological grounds for foreign assistance and
concentrated more on trade and development, both of which are undermined by
corruption. Countries with high levels of corruption, like India, have found
themselves less able to attract investment and aid in a competitive global market.
At the same time, business within the country has faced ever stiffer competition
with the gobalization of trade and capital markets, and has become less willing to
tolerate the expense and risk associated with corruption.
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