• But the newspaper warns that social inequality and corruption have "worsened the social atmosphere" and says ordinary people's health and well-being is at threat from pollution, inadequate social welfare, tainted food and other problems.

    BBC: China media: Wen's mixed legacy

  • In some cases, the removal of lower-level officials has been linked to accusations on social media of corruption.

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  • The primal sin is greed, and the main results of it are police corruption and social devastation.

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  • Fisman and Miguel set out to use the parking data to understand the impact of social norms on official corruption.

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  • Packed with anecdote and detail, it is a thoughtful, strongly felt study of what he believes are France's ills: a melancholy list that includes social division, widespread corruption, falling school standards and an overweening state.

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  • Newsstands are crammed with more than 500 publications printing juicy stories about corruption scandals, social problems and crime.

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  • But the development has been uneven, leading to a widening wealth gap, environmental challenges and rumbling social discontent over inequality and corruption.

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  • Hazare, a prominent social activist and leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, believes in the power of nonviolent methods toward social change as taught by Gandhi.

    FORBES: Mobilizing The Masses: In Asia, Wireless Grows Up

  • Both brought rampant corruption, economic and social degradation, sectarian violence, flight of foreign capital and abject poverty to their nation.

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  • Mr Kejriwal is a former bureaucrat who won the Ramon Magsaysay award in 2006 for social work and initiatives to fight corruption.

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  • But when asked to name his top three priorities, he does not miss a beat: anti-corruption laws, a social safety net for people who are "slipping through the cracks", and incentives for growth - including tax breaks - to help small businesses.

    BBC: Beppe Grillo: Italy's rabble-rouser shaking up politics

  • Corruption is a political and social challenge for China, but it has also been a drag on the economy.

    BBC: China turns against official extravagance

  • As head of state, it can feel perilous to choose between addressing issues as acute as massive unemployment, health crises, social unrest, feeble infrastructure and rampant corruption.

    FORBES: How to Get Things Done: Influence Lessons from Africa's New Generation of Leaders

  • Four social forces - cronyism, collusion, corruption and complacency - or the four modern Horsemen of the Apocalypse shape cultural norms and determine the way businesses are run.

    CNN: REFORMING THE THAIS

  • Yet the really important changes, the ones that will modernise Mexico's institutions, reduce its inequalities and social problems, and neutralise its pervasive corruption, will take a long time to bring about.

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  • Hong Kong's South China Morning Post says Mr Wen's image has been tarnished by the New York Times allegations and "leaves a mixed legacy" of impressive economic advances, successful healthcare and rural policies, but also corruption, wealth disparity and social discontent.

    BBC: China media: Wen's mixed legacy

  • Mr Capriles says he will not dismantle Chavez-era social programmes, but promises to eradicate official corruption.

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  • "Tunisian people made the Jasmine Revolution for two goals: revolution against dictatorship and revolution against corruption, and they also wanted social justice, " he said.

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  • Afghan civil groups, meeting on the sidelines in Tokyo, demanded stricter conditions attached to the aid to combat corruption, and to guarantee that social progress in the past decade is not sold away for an easier peace with the Taliban.

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  • Such steps may be necessary to ease social economic tensions and facilitate continuous economic growth and could include the gradual extension of direct election to higher levels of government, having more candidates than posts in high-level internal elections, increased tolerance of social media, stepped-up efforts against corruption, and improvements in the transparency of budgetary and other decision processes.

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  • The country's exuberant growth has created dislocations, such as questionable bank loans, unfunded social welfare obligations, a degraded environment and rampant corruption.

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  • Some grapple with fragmented political structures, corruption, ethnic conflicts, political and social unrest, as well as natural disasters including devastating droughts and floods.

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  • Those social media have become an important weapon for exposing corruption, allowing thousands of ordinary citizens to pool their resources and build cases against officials they suspect of using their influence for personal gain.

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  • All of this is likely to depress turnout among social conservatives who are already furious about immigration and Washington corruption.

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  • China Daily says public expectations are running high for the two sessions, especially on corruption, pollution, education, healthcare and social security.

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  • Those results may be disputed, but few would disagree that corruption threatens progress -- economic, political and social.

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  • Mr Quintana said the US had failed to acknowledge advances in social justice, democracy and the fight against drug trafficking and corruption under Mr Morales.

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  • The United States wants to focus on trade, security and corruption, while Brazil and other countries want to highlight social issues.

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