Egypt s Broken Economy

But an Irish catholic general could beat Napoleon.

I can pull that fat cat down. I can bring him right off this hill!

Send this terrible man far away.

He's beginning to feel quite sorry for Napoleon.

Ashraf Ghani on rebuilding broken states

Corruption could degrade the environment and endanger public safety.

For him, the wrong movie is only a financial matter.

I had landed myself in the driveway of some big mansion... that looked rundown and deserted.

My stomach was proof that I had failed, that it had failed me, that it was broken.

2. The Church of Archangel Michael in Kazafani has been abandoned and allowed to deteriorate and is now in danger of collapsing (photograph 2).

Such laws invariably encourage lack of transparency, subvert due process and sustain corruption.

I would also like to express my gratitude to the Secretary General for his unwavering support at a time when the United Nations has to face many varied challenges worldwide.

The Convention in its preamble succinctly expresses the devastating effect of corruption on all areas of life, stressing the negative effects of corruption and impunity on the political, economic, social and cultural stability of African States and its devastating effects on the economic and social development of the African peoples .

India is also handicapped by small scale corruption, with bribery a common feature of all forms of business and personal transactions. The government should crack down on instances of high level graft and use the new system of cash transfers to limit the scope of petty corruption.

In the longer term, corruption undermines the belief of citizens in the integrity of the State itself, undercutting democratic governance.

The devastating effect of capital flight brought about by corruption can never be overstressed.

Corruption and weak law enforcement can lead to distorted markets and to trade that undermines businesses that operate responsibly within the law.

23. Panamanians were very aware of the importance of laws and institutions, as the only bulwark against corruption, which vitiated morality, democracy and the rule of law and militated against efforts to reinforce the bonds of a society that wanted to stay civilized.

Corruption is a particularly corrosive form of crime, destroying national economies and public wealth, undermining development and breaking the trust between citizens and their representatives.

On IMDb, its rating not only beat many American dramas broadcast at the same time, it also beat that of all the seasons of The Good Wife , breaking the curse of a bad sequel to a masterpiece .

Images show the train's rusting exterior, torn seats, dust covered windows and compact engineer's room

For instance, a woman interviewed lives on subsistence farming her house is in poor condition and does not have electricity or water.

Determined to strengthen the hemispheric response, with the entry into force of the Inter American Convention against Corruption, to a syndrome that undermines the legitimacy of public institutions and subverts the moral order and integral development of nations,

Convinced of the need for effective national and regional action against corruption, particularly in view of its serious debilitating effects on democratic institutions, the maintenance of the rule of law and development,

The loss. The loss.

I mean, there may be 100 explanations for why Haiti is the impoverished nation it is, but there is no excuse to see that sort of squalor.

(a) The failed meeting of the Ulema Commission (April May), which jeopardized intra Afghan talks

But Lebanon has been relentless in its devotion to what is good and right, and has always been able to defeat the forces of sedition and destruction.

The report also dealt with the identification of victims of corruption, the poor being the most vulnerable, and elaborated on the socio economic and civil and political consequences of corruption in human rights terms, linking the undermining effects of corruption to the development efforts of developing countries.

Corruption

Since the debate is no longer on the grave and devastating effects of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights but rather on how to turn the tide against the perpetrators of corruption, the report deals with the value added of partnerships established to fight corruption.

China s Losing Battle Against Corruption

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Reacting to the devastating effect of corruption on the enjoyment of basic rights, a Somali elder succinctly expressed his views thus Development is about human beings.

I'm going to fail, I'm going to fail.

The Bank began focusing its efforts on improving governance and combating graft ten years ago. Breaking the taboo of never mentioning corruption, in 1996 the Bank s then president, James Wolfensohn, identified the cancer of corruption as a major burden for the poor in developing countries.

The establishment of various anti corruption mechanisms at the national, regional and international levels, and the important role played by the media and the civil society have, however, led to the raising of awareness of the devastating effects of corruption in the society.

I got him before he got me.

I'm beat, Pa. Really beat.

And after we failed, I just kept failing.

Realizing that if corruption is not effectively tackled the goals contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration will not be achieved, the progress report focuses on the devastating effect of corruption on procurement, in the public sector as well as in international organizations, and of capital flight suffered in particular by the developing countries as a result of corruption.

Under the policy of reducing the stigma of failure, the Commission proposed to draw up in 2004, together with Member States' experts, principles of bankruptcy, early warning signs of financial difficulties, reasons for failure, barriers to starting afresh and portraits of failed and restarted entrepreneurs.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Corruption.