I'd have thought that very unlikely. Corrupt regimes promote corrupt businesses. If there is a solution, it lies in big stocks and honest politicians.

Christopher NOCK

I think that corruption is not necessarily stricly confined to government but more to a general culture that promotes agency and influence through facilitation money and reciprocal dependency relations. This implies that the existence of corruption practices is not by definition the causal result of governments being corrupt but the result of a society that benefits from or that reduces transactions cost by maintaining corruption. In such a system private sector is most likely part of the problem rather than the solution.

Teresa Barasa I think both ideas shared are right. Promoting of illegal business, and the multidimensional philosophy of corruption. One thing must be stated that legal business suffers in a very corrupt regime see Nigeria, South Africa Congo DR and Zimbabwe to mention a few.

however, failure of a government on the other hand, is not necessarily linked to corruption. In that, there are several factors that can lead to a failed state or a failure in government programmes and policies.

However, for some sort of relief on multinational corruption and a severe critic on several promulgated factors, you may see this link

https://td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/465

I see your points.

If the government fails because of corruption, the cure can not be found within it because everything (more than 80%) is rotten in there. The private sector could be part of the problem but to what extent??, was the government democratic enough? Was the private sector part of the daily businesses of the government? if the answers are Yes, then probably the domestic private sector can not rescue a failed government. The solution would then be to turn everything around, both systems and politicians, i mean to start afresh as a nation.

It is the Private Sector in the first place that makes the Government Corrupt!

The private sector can also be corrupt. I have studied private-to-private corruption.

You may want to take a look at (below):

all the best/Lars

1.Jaakson, K., Johannsen, L., Pedersen, K. H., Vadi, M., Ashyrov, G., Reino, A., & Sööt, M. L. (2019). The role of costs, benefits, and moral judgments in private-to-private corruption. Crime, Law and Social Change, 71(1), 83-106.

2. Sööt, M. et al. (2016). Private-to-private corruption: Taking business managers’ risk assessment seriously when choosing anti-corruption measures. In 2016 OECD Integrity Forum.

3. Johannsen, L., Pedersen, K. H., Vadi, M., Reino, A. & Sööt, M-L. 2016 Private-to-Private Corruption: A survey on Danish and Estonian business environment, Tallinn: Estonian Ministry of Justice. 39 pp.