“QUIET CORRUPTION” HALTS DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Mar 16th, 2010 by admin
The failure of civil servants to deliver government-run health, education or agricultural services due to small-scale corruption may put long-term development in Africa at risk, the World Bank said on Monday. The organisation released its Africa Development Indicators 2010 report describing the so-called practice of “quiet corruption” as one that involves small amounts of money and low-level civil servants. “Quiet corruption” is particularly harmful for poor people because it prompts them to pass up these services, according to the World Bank. The report mentioned previous research that found a 33 per cent absenteeism rate among Ugandan health care providers in 2003. Absentee rates for teachers in the same country reached 20 per cent in 2007, the report said.
