And, President Karzai, many independent studies have criticized Afghanistan for corruption and poor governance.
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He also criticized corruption and poor governance in Africa, and had been known to reject accolades by the Nigerian government to protest political problems.
Yet, according to Mr Varma, the Indian middle class shows little inclination to fight the corruption, bad governance and incompetence that hold back the poor and block upward mobility through education.
Protest movements, often involving youth, have burgeoned in the past few years in India amid growing frustration about corruption and poor governance, but they have yet to score a concrete policy victory.
Again, our focus is on ensuring that he is continuing to take the necessary steps in governance and corruption.
His new focus on questions of governance and corruption will be similarly transformative.
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Looking ahead, Braeken said he was very positive about the continent's future but warned that there were still many issues that needed to be addressed, citing infrastructure, good governance, corruption and fostering local talent.
These included: improvement of learning outcomes, engaging youth in planning education for social transformation and sustainable development, gender balance in leadership positions, overcoming corruption, achieving good governance in education, conflict mitigation and disaster risk reduction through education.
Adopting anti -corruption measures and an improved governance structure can thereby ensure transparency in business operations.
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"Further efforts are required to strengthen governance and fight corruption, in particular in the hydrocarbon sector, " he added.
The partnership accord covers the fight against corruption and fraud, global governance and reform of the security sector.
Many countries suffer from political turmoil, poor corporate-governance standards and corruption.
As I said in response to at least two previous questions, now begin the hard conversations about ensuring credibility and ensuring -- improving governance, addressing corruption.
The Washington based World Justice Project conducts the review annually to better gauge progress in which countries are improving in terms of corruption, security and general governance.
Improving governance and reducing corruption are money-savers.
So our position on this, Jake, is that when the Afghan leaders take steps to improve governance and root out corruption, then the President will say kind words.
Mr Hague said the Kabul summit was a "major step forward" but he acknowledged more work needed to be done to tackle corruption and improve the nation's governance.
The Open Government Partnership is a new multilateral initiative that aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, fight corruption, and use new technologies to strengthen governance.
Obviously what we'll begin -- now that we know the government that will lead Afghanistan for the next five years, continue conversations about governance, civil society, and corruption, going forward to ensure that we have a credible partner in our efforts to help secure the country.
"Good governance is more, of course, than the absence of corruption -- it is about having properly qualified men and women in the key jobs, " Brown said.
The conversations that now have to be had and continue with the Afghan government are the steps that they're going to take to improve their governance, to improve their civil society, and to address fraud and corruption.
Community and governance: vast swathes of the literature are about how institutions, the presence or absence of corruption (even the type of it) influence growth.
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