A headline in the newspaper you opened this morning reads, "Ten out of the proposed hundred street lamps have not been installed in area X - officers perplexed".
Which of the following issues could be the reason for this development?
A
Corruption
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B
Poverty
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C
Political violence
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D
Regionalism
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Solution
The correct option is A Corruption Corruption refers to illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour by people in positions of power. In this case, installing the street lamps was the duty of government officials. It is possible that the missing lamps are a consequence of corruption.
The quality of basic needs and civic amentities that are supposed to be provided to the people by the government deteriorates in a corrupt economy. Thus, corruption leads to lower standards of living for the country's citizens.