Nuristan is geographically cut off from the rest of Afghanistan and has next to no infrastructure, few medical facilities and endemic corruption.

BBC: Afghanistan's Nuristan province 'at mercy of the Taliban'

Less talked about is the glass ceiling in Myanmar that is preventing legal reform from becoming full-fledged rule of law: endemic corruption.

CNN: Long way to go in Myanmar's battle to reform

The CAR has a history of coups and army mutinies, as well as endemic corruption, and remains one of Africa's least developed nations.

BBC: NEWS | Africa | CAR voters await election outcome

They acknowledged that the U.S. and its allies face serious challenges in Afghanistan, from the government's weakness and endemic corruption to the Taliban's ability to mount new attacks throughout the country.

WSJ: McChrystal Expects Effects of Surge Within a Year

What no Italian government has succeeded in doing is tackling the endemic corruption, political interference, bureaucratic inefficiency and broken justice system that has deterred investment, stifled innovation and destroyed any hope the country might grow its way out of its debt burden.

WSJ: Post-Election Inaction Could Reawaken Crisis

Europeans should have learned by now how endemic and corrosive corruption and influence-peddling are when extensive power is concentrated at the center.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Corruption is endemic in Ukraine, but Ms Tymoshenko has evidently been singled out.

ECONOMIST: Ukraine's new government

Eni used to be a loss-making behemoth in which corruption was endemic.

ECONOMIST: A battle to run Italy's oil giant

Mr Gilman's view is that there was less outright pilferage than is commonly believed, though American food aid and bilateral trade credits were two areas where corruption was endemic.

ECONOMIST: The Russian default

Although the President is trying to portray the incident as an isolated act of corruption, many Peruvians are interpreting the scandal as a return to the late 1980s when corruption was endemic.

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