Corruption

Corruption is a belief system giving rise to political and social instability which reinforces the cycle. In a society where the citizens believe, rightly or wrongly, that corruption amoung public officials is widespread, even the incorruptibility of an official becomes a handicap to the efficient performance of his duties, which in turn encourages insertia and inefficiency.

Low salaries tempt the official to seek to improve his earnings by corrupt means and the temptation becomes all the greater when the chances of being caught are small.

Corruption is detrimental to the ideals od modernization. It engenders conflicting loyalties amoung the populace and, to that extend, is indicative of a lack of attachment to the state and ideals of the government.

If corruption cannot be contained, if not eradicated, there can be hardly any prospects of development.