Corruption in Afghanistan: an Experience for Ukraine

by Zaid Rahmani¹ and Vadym Tytarenko^2
1 Institute of International Relations, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kabul, Afghanistan)
² Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/up/2/4
Received: May 30, 2018 / Accepted: June 15, 2018 / Published: May 8, 2018

The problem of corruption is one of the most urgent and important to solve for present Ukraine. Corruption is considered to be one of the main reasons for the lack of prosperity in Ukraine as well as political instability. Despite the numerous governmental attempts to fight against the corruption its level unfortunately still increases. Effective strategies search in resolving this problem appears as most relevant and necessary today. Ukrainian authority and anti-corruption organizations can effectively use the passive and active experience of other countries that have the same problem in order to prevent or stop the facts of corruption. Unfortunately, the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is a “superlative” in some corruption statics in the world. The permanent long time struggle against a corruption under the conditions of permanent war allowed to collect a large experience that must be comprehended by other countries with similar problems.
This paper targets to observe and generalize some crucial corruption statistics and significant anticorruption steps of Afghans in order to contribute to the formation of future successful anti-corruption strategies of Ukraine.

Key Words: Afghanistan, Ukraine, corruption, anti-corruption, public administration, Ukrainian policy

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