Word: corruption
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...voters actually turned out on election day. In the absence of any credible alternative, Washington will use Karzai's dependence on the West for funding and security to pressure him to deliver the sort of governance that can win popular support. But Karzai's government is widely seen as corrupt, ineffective and a tool in the hands of a foreign invader, and Afghans are mostly gloomy about the prospects for reforming it. While Karzai could be forced to respond to some egregious cases of corruption, his instinct will be to continue to use the power of patronage to broker local...
What is deplorable, though, is that by providing an alternate source of investment without any progressive strings attached, China is undermining the efforts of Western reformers who offer corrupt or dictatorial regimes only humanitarian aid or loans that are conditional on political reform. By providing economic opportunity without incentives to liberalize, China is only emboldening and legitimizing tyranny...
Needless to say, the many African nations that do not suffer corrupt government deserve to be extended loans free of austere prerequisites. But China’s track record suggests that its dealmakers are hardly selective enough...
...promises and if they don't see that it can deliver, the deployment of more foreign soldiers will be a waste of time, and lives. "One of the reasons that the Taliban are able to get a lot of assistance from the people is that the local authorities are corrupt," says Sabit. "Let's fight them first, then the Americans can come in and fight the terrorists...
...course, Obama did speak of strengthening governance, though with a pointed message that "the days of providing a blank check [to Afghan President Hamid Karzai] are over." Still, how he would do so, and what would happen if Karzai's government did not clean up its corrupt ways, was unclear. Officials say the most likely punishment would be a withdrawal of U.S. and foreign funding to those ministries that are clearly corrupt or that underperform. As for development, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking on Monday in New York, said Washington's "goals in Afghanistan include providing the government with...