But a deeper problem is that rising consumer and investment demand cannot be satisfied by an economy that is constrained by corruption, Soviet-era infrastructure and an inadequate and immobile workforce.Rising prices are now ordinary Russians' biggest concern, although they have not yet translated into protests.
Abbas and some of the old guard in his Fatah party, who never liked Fayyadism, "used Fayyad as a scapegoat for Palestinian economic troubles, in part out of resentment at his efforts to constrain patronage and corruption," noted Makovsky.
And anecdotal evidence suggests that while China's government may not be constrained by rule of law, it is constrained by pervasive corruption, which means that what actually happens at the local level may bear little resemblance to what is ordered in Beijing.
The potential financial benefits of PES projects to the poor are limited or non-existent if they are unable to participate in the schemes due to political constrains (e.g., corruption, etc)., or if better-off households capture most of the benefits (Lee and Mahanty 2009).
In Deutsche Bank's case, its flexibility was constrained by the six-month corruption trial of its chief executive, Josef Ackermann.
Later, when I saw for myself the ever-increasing assets of corrupt officials, when I saw that every level of government resists the reporting of assets of civil servants, and when I saw that the mass media has become more and more constrained in their reporting on corruption cases, I came to realize that no one in China's bureaucracy genuinely opposes corruption.
It merely held that the jury must be constrained to find dishonesty and corruption somewhere in the firm.
Indian media, which are constrained in their ability to report the corruption of powerful politicians, are currently using Mr. Kejriwal's shoulder to fire from.
Many recent studies have revealed that corruption in Bangladesh has severely constrained the development of the country's economy and inhibited the prospects of good governance (Rahaman 2008; Rahman and Khan 2008).
Corruption pervades some health systems, constraining health care worker and administrator decisions about whether or not to participate, and challenging efforts to transform the system.
