At the same time, India and Indonesia each needs to make public administration more honest and efficient.

FORBES: Thoughts

Although corruption has been a feature of Nigerian society since long before independence in 1960, in the 1960s and 1970s the country was blessed with many outstandingly honest and efficient civil servants.

ECONOMIST: Nigeria

Even so, he seems to regard the legal system as part of the government bureaucracy that needs to be made more honest and efficient, rather than something that should be a power in its own right to rival the Kremlin.

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"Everyone knew Zhu, not just for being efficient and honest, but primarily because of his rightist background, " says Zhu Xingqing (no relation), a journalist in Shanghai in the 1980s when Zhu was mayor.

CNN: Red star

In so far as they are attracted to Britain, foreigners (and foreign investors) seem drawn to a place they regard as efficient, honest, well-administered, stable and democratic.

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In depth, honest and in-person interviews are one of the most efficient and fulfilling ways to understand the customer.

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The net migration target was designed to usher in a more efficient, fairer system but the government had to be honest with the public about "what it meant and how it can be improved".

BBC: UK Politics