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But Zimbabwe citizens had long since lost patience with chronic corruption, inflation, economic stagnation and shortages.
FORBES: Fact And Comment
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Despite progress over the past decade, "chronic corruption" was still a problem, the president said.
BBC: President Karzai launches Afghan anti-corruption push
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At the same time, the West needs to get serious about the enemy within: the chronic corruption and ineffectiveness of Mr Karzai's administration, whose many failures are pushing disappointed Afghans into the hands of the insurgency.
ECONOMIST: Afghanistan: No time to go wobbly | The
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In some of your countries, the problem of corruption is chronic.
WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall with Young African Leaders
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Thirty years of conflict had decimated infrastructure, created chronic security risks, encouraged corruption, and left most Afghans in abject poverty.
FORBES: Mobile Afghanistan: How A National Telecom Network Delivers Social Goods
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That the political party now in control of both houses of Congress, and well-positioned to form the next administration seems to have discarded this basic truth is far more dangerous for Iraq, the Middle East and indeed the entire world, than the chronic weakness, incompetence, double dealing and corruption of the Maliki government or of any successor government.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Where America and Iraq converge
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Endemic government corruption and poor standards in public services are also chronic sources of popular dissatisfaction.
BBC: Algeria profile
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It has a young and growing population, a stalled economy with chronic high unemployment, inequitable wealth distribution, poor local and regional governance, and corruption.
FORBES: Political Will Key to Anticipating Outcomes for Egypt and Beyond