Uncover the market price of corruptionUsing Clicks to Influence Government: Click on ipaidabribe.comCorruption is certainly rampant in our country. Blaming it on our value systems is a poor alibi with no substance in it. We do not believe that Indians are inherently corrupt; our value systems are as good or as bad as anybody else’s. Corruption is not a social trend that arises out of an erosion of value systems; it is born out of systems failure. Corruption flourishes because we have poorly designed governance systems in the country.
People are not born corrupt. Corruption is a crime of calculation, not of passion. Large numbers drift into corruption if risks are low, penalties are mild and rewards great; they will move out if the system is tightened. Therefore, the broad solution is to make the calculation risky for the corrupt. The solution to cure corruption permanently is to stop looking at it from a moral perspective, but from an economic perspective. Corruption follows a mathematical formula, C=M+D–A. Corruption equals Monopoly plus Discretion, minus Accountability. Wherever these conditions are there, be it the public or private sector, corruption tends to happen. By providing a place for citizens to report, as well as by analyzing the information, ipaidabribe.com aims to: • Heighten citizen awareness about the nature and spread of bribe-related exchanges and promote a purposive public debate that pressurises public officials to reduce and eventually eliminate corruption, • Help citizens to recognize, avoid and tackle bribe paying situations, • Identify and analyse the workflows within corruption prone public services, to make suggestions on systemic reform directed at entrenching simpler and more transparent processes, more consistent standards of law enforcement and better vigilance and regulation. Source: http://www.ipaidabribe.com/index.php?q=About-us |
IPaidABribe.com is a citizen driven mechanism for tracking bribe payment activity, as also instances of when people resisted bribe payments or did not have to pay bribes because of good government systems or good people within the government systems. Citizens’ reports on the nature, number, pattern, types, locations and frequency of actual corrupt acts and values of bribes will add up to a valuable knowledge bank that will contribute to a reduction in bribe payments.
Case Studies on ICT and Good GovernanceWho Started Ipaidabribe.com?Janaagraha is a non-profit organisation based in Bangalore, India. It works with citizens and the government to improve the quality of life in Indian cities and towns.
Founded in 2001 by Ramesh Ramanathan and Swati Ramanathan, Janaagraha started as a movement to enable citizen participation in public governance.It has now evolved into a robust institution for Citizenship and Democracy. The term 'quality of life' as defined by Janaagraha has two distinct and inter-related aspects. The first 'quality of urban infrastructure and services' - the quality of urban of amenities, i.e., roads, drains,traffic ,transport, water supply,etc.The second aspect is the 'quality of citizenship' - the role that urban residents play by participating in civic issues. Source: http://www.janaagraha.org/content/pages/about-us |