Fighting an Uphill Battle
Corruption, collusion and nepotism remain major stumbling blocks in efforts towards economic recovery and the revamping of the governmental structure in Indonesia.
July 30, 2002
Corruption in Asia, Rethinkingthe Governance Paradigm
Editors: Tim Lindsey and Howard Dick
Publisher: The Federation Press, Sydney 2002. 223 pp
Virginia Taylor, one of the writers of this book, had this story to tell when she visited Jakarta one day. While driving in the capital city, a policeman stopped her and her colleaguean Indonesian lawyerbecause of a traffic violation. The policeman asked for some "compensation". Taylor's frien
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