This is my takeaway too. Want to do business at a country where this is normal? You either play this game, or do do business there with a serious disadvantage.

This is my takeaway too. Want to do business at a country where this is normal? You either play this game, or do do business there with a serious disadvantage. In this regard, it's not that different from visiting places like this as a tourist. Where bribes are common with border guards, cops stopping you in the middle of nowhere, etc you either go there and pay the bribes, or don't visit at all.