COUNTRY: LIBYA

COMMITTEE: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

AGENDA: CORRUPTION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
POOR DEVELOPMENT IS OUTPUT OF CORRUPTION. THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
HAVE ONE THING IN TRITE, WHICH IS LESS OR, NO CORRUPTION. BUT THAT DOES
NOT MEAN THAT THE DEVELOPED NATIONS ARE TOTTALY UNINVOLVED IN BRIBERY
OR CORRUPTION. MANY OF THE MOST CORRUPT OFFICERS BELONG TO THE MOST
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. THE DIRTY POLITICS HAS CAUSED MANY OF THE LEADERS
WHO WISHED TO SERVE THE COUNTRY RIGHT, TO TAKE A STEP BACK. YEAR AFTER
YEAR CORRUPTION HAS TAKEN DIFFERENT FORMS. IT IS LIKE CANCER IN PUBLIC
LIFE, WHICH HAS NOT BECOME SO RAMPANT AND PERPETUATED OVERNIGHT, BUT
IN COURSE OF TIME. THE MAIN REASON OF CORRUPTION WORLDWIDE IS GREED. IT
HAS CAUSED NOTHING BUT THE AUGMENTATION OF THE HIATUS BETWEEN THE
RICH AND THE POOR. CULMINATING CORRUPTION NEEDS THE EFFORT OF ALL. IT IS
STARTED BY ALL SO IT WILL BE ELIMINATED BY ALL. CORRUPTION JUST HOLLOWS
THE TRUST OF THE PEOPLE TO THE GOVERNMENT.
LIBYA RANKED 160
th
OUT OF TOTAL 170 COUNTRIES IN 2010 BY TRANSPARENCY
INTERNATIONAL ON THE LIST OF THE MOST CORRUPT COUNTRIES. LIBYA CLEARLY
FACES A TOUGH CHALLENGE FROM CORRUPTION. THOUGH, LIBYA HAS MADE
AN EXCELLENT PROGRESS IN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. IN 2009, LIBYA HAD THE
HIGHEST HDI IN AFRICA. IT ALSO HAD THE 5
th
HIGHEST GDP PER CAPITA IN AFRICA.
THE SYSTEMATIC CORRUPTION IS NOT LIMITED IN FEW INSTITUTIONS BUT
HAS STEPPED INTO THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE. THE COUNTRY HAS NOT ONLY
ADOPTED MANY OF THE ANTI CORRUPTION POLICIES BUT ALSO HAS IMPLIMENTED
THEM. BECAUSE LIBYA WAS UNDER THE RULE OF QADDAFI FOR 42 YEARS PEOPLE
HAD VERY LOW INCOME IN THAT PERIOD. SO FOR THE OTHER WAYS TO MAKE
ENDS MEET WITH A PASSAGE OF TIME GREED INCREASED AND SO DID CORRUPTION.
BUT FACING SUCH DIFFICULTIES LIBYA STILL MANAGES TO BE THE 5
th
LARGEST OIL
PRODUCING COUNTRY. THE OIL SECTOR HAS GIVEN RISE TO EMPLOYEMENT AND
THUS SOMEHOW REDUCING POVERTY AND CORRUPTION. CORRUPTION HAS
EFFECTED THE CONSTRUCTION, INVESTMENT, PUBLIC AND ALSO THE HEALTH
SECTOR IN THE COUNTRY. MANY OF THE LAWS AND BUDGETS HAVE BEEN PASSED
TO CONTROL THE CORRUPTION IN LIBYA.
THE MAIN REASON OF CORRUPTION IN LIBYA IS POVERTY. THE FIRST STEP THE
REGIME SHOULD CONSIDER IS DECREASING THE UNEMPLOYMENT. UN
EMPLOYEMENT AND POVERTY ARE THE REASONS, PEOPLE ARE SEEKING OTHER
WAYS TO MAKE MONEY, THUS INCREASING GREED AND THEREBY CORRUPTION.ONE
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT REASONS OF CORRUPTION MAYBE THE FRAGILE,
FLEXIBLE AND TEMPORARY CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY. EARLIER,
CORRUPTION WAS ONLY LIMITED TO THOSE WHO WERE IN ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES BUT
NOW EVEN IF A LEGAL PROCESS HAS TO BE DONE, A SUM IS ASKED FOR IT. SOME
OFFICERS DELIBERATELY HOLD A PROCESS JUST TO MAKE MONEY EVEN IF THE
PROCESS CAN BE DONE EASILY. NO PROVISION OF ANY LAW RESISTING
CORRUPTION IS MENTIONED IN THE CONSTITUTION. IT IS NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO
MAKE A LAW BASED ON AVOIDING CORRUPTION BUT ALSO IT SHOULD BE VERY
WELL IMPLEMENTED AND FOLLOWED.
SUBMITTED BY:
AAKANSHA BHATNAGAR
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