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Youth and Corruption
Transparency International
Transparency International
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"In its worst instances, corruption is institutionalised and socially ingrained in a country, making it difficult to discern corruption as a problem from just ‘the way things are done’. Older generations may have a vested interest in maintaining the corrupt status quo, or may have become tired of seeing promises for change never materialise. In contrast, youth are usually more open to wide-scale transformation and have the will to pursue it. Parents, teachers, political leaders, employers and peers shape the environment for young people to take on these roles and empower them to make the ‘right’ decisions in their lives. As a group, young people make up a sizeable cohort of their communities and societies. According to most recent data, nearly one-fifth of the world’s population is between 15 and 24 years old and they largely live in developing countries.1 When people under 15 are included in this figure for youth, their share reaches nearly 60 per cent of the population in developing nations and roughly 30 per cent in industrialised countries.2 As these statistics show, young people have the sheer numbers needed for social change and provide an unprecedented force for shifting the future in the global fight against corruption. Further progress on anti-corruption work will be hard to advance without young people playing a leading role."
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2009
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