Political corruption

:This article is about political corruption. For other uses, see Corruption (disambiguation)

Conditions favourable for corruption

• Adverse governance structures
• Concentration of power in decision makers who are not practically accountable to the people.
• Democracy absent or dysfunctional. See illiberal democracy.
• Information deficits
• Lack of government transparency in decision making.
• Contempt for or negligence of exercising freedom of speech or freedom of the press.
• Opportunities and incentives
• Large investments of public capital.
• Poorly-paid government officials.
• Social conditions
• Self-interested closed cliques and "old-boy" networks.
• Illiterate, apathetic or ignorant populace, with inadequate public discernment of political choices. See bounded rationality and rational ignorance.
• Deficits of law
• Weak rule of law.
• Weak legal profession.
• Imperfect electoral processes
• Costly political campaigns, with expenses exceeding normal sources of political funding.
• Absence of adequate controls to prevent bribery or so-called campaign donations.

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