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The poor speak up : 17 stories of corruption
“A person who cares for and respects life’s rules is better off than omeone who ignores them, even if he gets great wealth.†Javanese saying)
KKN (corruption, collusion and nepotism) has been a major concern or Indonesian society.
Corruption erodes trust in government and hinders social and economic development.
However, little has been
known about how corruption affects the poor in our society.
This book is the result of an initiative by the Partnership for Governance Reform in Indonesia and the World Bank. It sets out to understand from the poor themselves the ways in which corruption intersects with their lives and how it affects them. In order to learn from the poor the project team went to urban areas in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Makassar and encouraged the poor to speak up about corruption as they experienced it. The stories set out here reveal the pervasiveness of corruption in virtually every aspect of poor people’s lives, ranging from schools to garbage collection and social safety net programs. It also reveals the willingness of the poor to speak up, and share their insights and ideas. Their many stories reveal the complexity of corruption and its many consequences – economic, social, moral. It also exposes their sense of powerlessness vis-à -vis public officials and community leaders, where a combination of a lack of information and knowledge plus a strongly-felt dependence on the providers of services usually prevents the poor from voicing their concerns.
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