In Angola,Clinton said corruption undermines peoples' faith in democracy, distorts governance and prevents people from being fully involved in their societies.

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Former EU Special Representative to Afghanistan Francesc Vendrell says there are basically three broad groups: ordinary Afghans disillusioned with poor governance and corruption;

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And the lack of any good governance oversight has meant that inevitably some of the money has gone to bribery, kickbacks and corruption.

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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.

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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.

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