Corruption is not new, nor is it unique to any particular locality, country or region. On the contrary, it is a global phenomenon, with varying degrees of severity from one country to another. Corruption affects the poor disproportionately due to their powerlessness to change the status quo, and inability to pay bribes, creating inequalities that violate their human rights. Corruption spins a complex web in which the state quickly loses its authority and ability to govern for the common good, making it possible for critics to be silenced, for justice to be subverted, and for human rights...