“One man’s corruption is another man’s wealth redistribution system. I find it hard to judge others on this.” –26-30yo  female “Corruption is the biggest cause of poverty. If you are in aid, you deal with corruption.” –36-40yo male “Corruption is there throughout the developing world (and the developed world but on a less blatant scale). We are often asked or hinted to pay bribes lest our applications for import, registration, visas gets put to the bottom of the pile. We don’t because we have to account to our donors. But we did in one case buy drivers licenses as the ‘process’ was going to take about 6 months.” –female  veteran aid worker Cancer of corruption or the culture of corruption? Difficult to define How can we define, discuss and analyze the endemic social phenomena of corruption?  How do aid workers understand and deal with corruption? I will agree completely with … Continue reading Cancer of corruption or the culture of corruption?