An interesting piece on urban corruption:
“As cities continue
to expand and proliferate, demand for urban land, and thus its value, is set to
increase sharply. Dieter Zinnbauer, of Transparency International, believes
that we may be moving towards an urban land “resource curse” – a phrase
normally associated with countries laden with so much mineral wealth that
rulers have little need to establish a tax base and thus prove themselves
accountable to citizens, but which Zinnbauer fears could soon apply to cities too
and be responsible for driving further corruption in the years to come.”
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Ukraine Attempts to Reduce Rampant Corruption
http://www.spiegel.de/international/tomorrow/ukraine-seeks-to-eliminate-rampant-corruption-a-1096984.html