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I don't think the situation in Japan is really comparable to the situation in India. The huge problem with bribes in India is that the use of bribes is required
by aculver 15y ago
I don't think the situation in Japan is really comparable to the situation in India. The huge problem with bribes in India is that the use of bribes is required not when caught up with organized crime groups, but when interacting with the government and local officials to do totally normal things like registering the birth of your child and getting a passport.
- hkarthik 15y agoMy cousins and friends from India have explained to me that this is due to a lack of legitimate "fees" for government services that we are accustomed to here in the US. Those extra $10-$25 fees for things like getting a birth certificate are high enough to cover the wages of government workers and therefore discourage the petty bribery that goes on in the third world.