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NC Extensions: A/t – #8 “Plan Solves Corruption” [2/3] 236
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2NC Extensions: A/t – #8 “Plan Solves Corruption” [2/3] 2363) They have to win that the plan gets enforced by the foreign government before they can win solvency, and our Links happen faster. Most aid is wasted on salaries and expensive trips. REGNERY, 12 [Alfred, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources Division for US Justice Department; “The Scandal That Is Foreign Aid,” 10/03, www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/10/03/The-Scandal-That-Is-Foreign-Aid] These are not small entrepreneurs undertaking little projects in the African bush. Ten American for-profit government contractors each received over $200 million from USAID last year and together received $3.19 billion to administer “development” projects; those companies are often run and staffed by former USAID employees under what might be described as a second retirement system. By the time they take out their overhead, fees for the lawyers, lobbyists and public relations specialists, conduct environmental and feasibility studies, pay for first class travel for inspection visits and to attend high-end conferences at the world’s best watering holes, little of the taxpayers’ money is left to do what the dollars were intended for. 4) Economic assistance has no enforcement mechanism, allowing it to be funneled away from those who need it and into government bureaucrats’ checking accounts. MOYO, 09 [Dambisa, former economist at Goldman Sachs; “Why Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa,” 3/21, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123758895999200083.html] The most obvious criticism of aid is its links to rampant corruption. Aid flows destined to help the average African end up supporting bloated bureaucracies in the form of the poor-country governments and donor-funded non-governmental organizations. In a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in May 2004, Jeffrey Winters, a professor at Northwestern University, argued that the World Bank had participated in the corruption of roughly $100 billion of its loan funds intended for development. As recently as 2002, the African Union, an organization of African nations, estimated that corruption was costing the continent $150 billion a year, as international donors were apparently turning a blind eye to the simple fact that aid money was inadvertently fueling graft. With few or no strings attached, it has been all too easy for the funds to be used for anything, save the developmental purpose for which they were intended. 2NC Extensions: A/t – #8 “Plan Solves Corruption” [3/3] 2375) Any chance we are right dooms solvency, because increased corruption makes future assistance less popular due to perceived failure. HOPKINS, 00 [Raymond, Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore; “POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOREIGN AID,” http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/rhopkin1/research/PolEconFA.pdf] A major condition for sustainability of future aid is a belief in its efficacy. Such a belief rests on seeing improvements linked to aid. And this, in turn, is affected by what donors and recipients want improved. Complex social processes shape aid use, including the administrative management of donors and the policies and state machinery of recipients. As noted throughout this volume, state institutions make a big difference in development. Adelman emphasised that ‘a government with substantial autonomy, capacity and credibility is required for successful long-term economic growth.’ (Chapter 2). North (1993) shares this view, asserting that institutions of formal rules, informal norms and enforcement probabilities determine economic growth. He finds a pressing need to understand how third world and East European polities operate in order to promote development through informal constraints. The focus on institutions in this volume pushes future aid toward attention to informal rules that affect states, markets and vulnerabilities of the poor. Country-specific Uniqueness: Mexico [1/2] 2381) International organizations agree that Mexico is improving by making government corruption more difficult. OECD, 11 [Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; “The OECD acknowledges progress made, and says Mexico should further prioritise fighting foreign bribery,” 10/19, http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/theoecdacknowledgesprogressmadeandsaysmexicoshouldfurtherprioritisefightingforeignbribery.html] Mexico has improved, but needs to give greater priority to the criminal enforcement of bribery and ensure that its criminal law enforcement authorities have all the resources and expertise they need to seriously investigate all allegations, according to a new OECD report. The OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed a review of Mexico’s enforcement of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and related instruments. The Working Group also recommends that Mexico: Take action on pending legislation to further combat corruption, in particular amend and enforce its law on corporate liability for foreign bribery; Expand its law on confiscation of the bribe and its proceeds and ensure that confiscation is routinely applied in practice; Continue to improve the level and speed of its responsiveness to mutual legal assistance requests involving foreign bribery-related cases; Clarify explicitly that bribes to foreign public officials are not deductible for tax purposes; Enact legislation to protect whistleblowers in the public and private sectors; and Amend its legislation to clarify that external auditors must report crimes discovered during audits to law enforcement authorities, and that auditors who report are protected from reprisals. The Working Group also noted positive aspects of Mexico’s implementation of the Convention, including efforts and high-level commitment to raise awareness of the risks of foreign bribery within the private sector. The Mexican government has shown commendable leadership in fighting corruption-related money-laundering in the Financial Action Task Force. 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