Book Of The Week: DISSECTING CORRUPTION
I had a copy sent to me a few weeks ago at the height of the NBN controversy in which according to the testimony of Jun Lozada, his friend Romulo Neri as well as Lacson had a meeting in which Neri provided an overview of corruption in The Philippines. Now, if you really want a complete idea and analysis on this fundamental and important topic this book is a must read. It’s 131 pages, and only P200 Pesos. For more info, click here
Corruption is a key issue in governance in the Philippines, where its costs already run into the billions. It is as familiar to Filipinos as the policeman on the street who allows vehicles to park where they shouldn’t in exchange for a daily fee, or the government clerk who’ll put the papers of a bribe-giver on top of those for the signature of the next official.
The more complex deals involving millions or even billions, Filipinos only get to hear about when the media discovers and exposes them. But in the last decade or so corruption in government has become of interest to such foreign lending institutions as the World Bank and other groups like Transparency International that Filipinos now get a yearly assessment of the state of corruption in their country
