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WHAT IS CORRUPTION?
We define corruption as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Corruption erodes trust, weakens democracy, hampers economic development, and further exacerbates inequality, poverty, social division, and the environmental crisis. Exposing corruption and holding the corrupt to account can only happen if we understand the way corruption works and the systems that enable it.

The Basics:

Corruption can take many forms, and can include behaviors like:

Public servants demanding or taking money or favors in exchange for services, politicians misusing public money or granting public jobs or contracts to their sponsors, friends, and families, corporations bribe officials to get lucrative deals Corruption can happen anywhere: in business, government, the courts, the media, and in civil society, as well as across all sectors from health and education to infrastructure and sports.

Corruption can involve anyone:

Politicians, government officials, public servants, business people, or members of the public. Corruption happens in the shadows, often with the help of professional enablers such as bankers, lawyers, accountants, and real estate agents, opaque financial systems, and anonymous shell companies that allow corruption schemes to flourish and the corrupt to launder and hide their illicit wealth. Corruption adapts to different contexts and changing circumstances. It can evolve in response to changes in rules, legislation, and even technology.

The costs of corruption

Political costs:

Your freedom and rule of law.

Social costs:

Your participation and even your trust in the government.

Environmental costs:

Your chance for a healthy environment and a sustainable future.

Economic costs:

Your opportunity to build and grow wealth.

To Fight Corruption, We Must Embrace Transparency

Transparency is all about knowing who, why, what, how, and how much. It means shedding light on formal and informal rules, plans, processes, and actions. Transparency helps us, the public, hold all power to account for the common good. Seeking and receiving information is a human right that can act as a safeguard against corruption, and increase trust in decision-makers and public institutions. However, transparency is not only about making information available but ensuring it can be easily accessed, understood, and used by citizens. But transparency is only the first step to curbing corruption We have learned from over twenty-five years of experience that corruption can only be kept in check if representatives from government, business, and civil society work together for the common good. (Courtesy:transparancy.org)

Corruption in Nepal

Corruption in Nepal is widespread and extends to every sector from the government to the judiciary, police, health services, and education. Nepal ranks at 117 in Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index, unchanged from its 2020 ranking.The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 180 countries by the degree of perceived corruption in the public sector; the country whose public sector is perceived to be most honest is ranked first.

Notable scandals

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