The Role of Developed Countries in Creating Corruption in underdeveloped Countries

Corruption is a pervasive issue which is observed in all social systems and there is this phenomenon in all social classes, all governmental agencies, all political systems and developed and industrialized countries. The international organizations have identified financial and political corruption as one of the most important concerns of public administration and a major obstacle to sustainable development and have carried out initiatives for combating this problem in the world but the effort of the international community in the fight against corruption have been failed till now. In addition, corruption has brought out the enormous economic and political costs to the under developed countries and Leading to a widening gap between social classes and decreasing public confidence toward the government of these countries. Although the possibility of corruption in industrialized countries, because of their strong economies and higher degrees of development, shows lower levels in comparison with the underdeveloped countries, but these countries are also involved in corruption. In this paper expressed the examples of corruption in industrialized countries and multinational companies in developed countries and has reviewed the role of developed countries in generating corruption in underdeveloped countries. This is often indicated that some of the banks or financial institutions of developed countries have a significant role in the creation of corruption or assist to the corrupt government officials in some underdeveloped countries in laundering the proceeds of corruption.