Very well said. My thoughts exactly.
Good point bhai.
Hai kada ar koitthon aisey bhai jigan tarey.
Allahr duniyae emon cheez duita dekhi nai.
Bangladeshi boilla dabi korey magar Bangla janena.
For those who are talking about corruption in Bangladesh, it is certainly not at the top of the scale globally. Not even close.
I've been to govt. offices in Jakarta where bribe amounts are printed and posted on the wall. And this is a country whose GDP is higher than Bangladesh.
Also - here is the situation of Romania, which is in Europe, as described in Quora.
"Healthcare is provided by the state in Romania. A doctor fresh out of school gets around 300 - 400 EUR a month and "established" doctors get up to 1000-1700 EUR a month. A studio or 1 bedroom apartment's rent in Bucharest is around 200 EUR a month in a pretty bad neighborhood if add the utilities and costs of living you just can't make it without at 500 EUR a month so bribing a young doctor who works in a state hospital it's just helping him survive.
Here if you have to get a surgery you bribe everyone from the doctor who performs it, the anesthesiologist to the nurses. It also depends of how much money you make (or they think you make), if they think you make more money they'll expect more. It depends on what surgery you get, what specialty the doctor has, if he is also lecturing at the university, etc. The doctors can get up to 1000 EUR (if they're a neurosurgeon who is lecturing at the university and performs a difficult job), anesthesiologists can get up to 500 if it's a long operation, nurses get like 3-5 EUR a day and then there's the nurses' helpers who get like 1 EUR a day. If you have a low income you might get away with lower sums for doctors but not for nurses.
People also bribe police or judges here in some situations, I haven't really been in this situations but the amount varies. You can bribe like 30-100 EUR for speeding or other minor traffic related issues. I heard of people giving up to 2000 EUR not to get their driver's licences annuled for drunk driving. Judges will tell you the amount but you have to be pretty well connected to bribe a judge.
You can also bribe to get shit done faster / not wait in line etc. People bribe to get building permits faster (it takes forever here) or any kind of extensive paperwork that needs to get done. Or of you don't want to wait in line for 6 hours to register you car you can casually pass 30 EUR to the person at the register but be discreet about it, put them in a newspaper or something.
For small favours you can bribe with chocolates, a pack of coffee or a bottle of alcohol but that is slowly dying.
You have to talk to people form your area to find out what kind of money or bartering is involved in the specific area you have to bribe.
In Eastern Europe and Far Eastern countries bribing is national sport. Speakers of latin languages are more inclined to receive bribe ( Italy, Spain, Portugal, France not so much), never try to bribe in Germany, Nordic Countries, Japan etc (there is no need to bribe there, the system works just fine on it's own). Pretty much all countries with low income rely on bribe."
Talk with locals and find out what the bribing etiquette is. For example here when you bribe the nurse you put the money in her pocket, she might say "Oh no, no, thanks" you say "Oh please take it" she'll ALWAYS take it. Doctors on the other hand you bribe behind closed doors, in their office etc.
Here is actual situation in India which is not very different than in Bangladesh. I don't believe these TI people because they never disclose what method or KPI they use to measure 'perceived' bribery.
"I can speak for situation in India. Bribery is generally associated with tasks where you have to deal with Government employees. Few common scenarios below (conversion rate 1 USD = 65 Indian Rupees) -
- Policemen harassing shopkeepers, unauthorized stalls, squatters for valid or invalid reasons and letting go for a bribe. Bribe could be a free meal from a Restaurant owner, few hundred Rupees from unauthorized sellers.
- Traffic Police letting go traffic violators for a bribe. Traffic tickets are generally around Rupees 200 - 2,000 depending on violation. Bribes to get away can be Rupees 100 - 1,000...whatever you can get away with.
- Inspectors (safety, food quality, environmental...) giving a clearance certificate to a Restaurant owner, Factory owner, Construction company. Bribes can run in hundreds of thousands of Rupees.
- Agents loitering outside Driving License office who have connects inside the department and take bribes (shared with officials) to get your tasks done. Bribes can be Rupees 500 - 5,000.
- Agents outside Property Registrar's offices who have fixed rates of bribe for registering properties. This is an example of more organized bribing. Registering an Apartment that you bought may entail a Rupees 30,000 bribe which is sort of fixed and everyone pays a similar rate. From the Registrar down to the clerk, bribe amount gets shared in proportion to their grade.
- Agents outside Passport Office or Marriage Registration Office or National ID card office doing the same routine. On average, Rupees 500-5,000 depending on task.
- Income Tax Office, Sales Tax Office, Excise Department, Customs Department. Bribe in general would be a certain % of the amount of your total transaction.
Other than Government, bribes are common for admissions to good Primary Schools (From Rupees 50,000 to 300,000), Engineering Colleges, and Medical Colleges since seats are limited. Bribes in medical colleges for up to Rupees 7 million - 10 million are common. I have heard of bribery in Media where a Newspaper, magazine, or TV channel takes a bribe to report news in favor of certain individual or organization. No idea about amounts involved. Then there's the whole crony capitalism which is basically Corporate-Politician nexus and involves Big Ticket bribes.
The factors that impact amount of bribe are (along with few tips) -
- How critical is it for you to get something done or how much influence does the official have? If you have to travel abroad for a lifetime opportunity and need passport within a week, you would of course be willing to shell out more. Official will try to quantify your need and demand on that basis. If a Medical college has only 5 seats left and there are hundred people willing to give a bribe, simple economic principle of demand-supply will jack up the price. TIP - Try not to divulge your desperation or share more details than needed. Not much you can do to fight the demand-supply situation.
- Your paying capacity - Bribe takers try to gauge your financial situation based on your clothes, accessories (watch, jewelry), car, where you live, etc. TIP - Make sure you wear old, worn out clothes and hide any signs of deep pockets. Try not to drop any hints of personal wealth. Take someone along who is more rustic than you are and comfortable at chatting in such scenarios. I was once visiting India while I was working in the US and in a situation where the Government Official figured out that I was on winter break for 2-3 weeks and must have to return. He asked me how much $$ I earned in the US?
- Bribe taker's authority/level - Of course, junior clerks deserve smaller amounts while senior officials command higher rates. TIP - Senior official in India may not take the bribe directly. May not even give you hint on expected amount. You need to interact with his junior (generally sitting outside his cabin) to figure out the range and pay it to the junior instead. Senior official may even get upset if you are direct about bribe.
- Currency denominations - Indian Rupee Notes come in denominations of 10, 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000. (fyi 1 USD = Rupees 65). Inflation is high in India, and every few years the 100 Rupee note becomes worth lesser and lesser. On the spot bribe is also a function of what denomination you are carrying at that moment. TIP - Make sure you are carrying smaller denominations as well so that you can quickly give 3 of 100 notes rather than parting with 1 of 1000. Note that 2 bills of 500 have more psychological value than 1 of 1000. In case, you put one and guy says it's not enough, you can give him few more. Make sure your wallet is near empty...hide bills in other pockets. Showing your empty wallet works as well!
- Paying in kind - In India, Scotch Whiskey does wonders! Just like people in Western world appreciate a good bottle of wine, Indians love their whiskey. A good bottle can take you much further than cash. These days, you get most of goods in India but few years ago, imported stuff (perfumes, cigarettes, etc) were hugely popular as well.
- Your profile and personality - In India, I noticed older people (65+) sometimes are able to confidently deny bribing and still manage to get things done. Note that bribe takers know intrinsically that what they are doing is not right and if someone takes a moral stand, they sort of retract their position. Why mess with an old person who may create nuisance and still not be generous with a bribe? If you speak the lingo of the bribe taker, chances are you connect better and manage a discount on the bribe amount rather than if you show a serious, defensive attitude. Bribe takers do not incur any loss even if they get paid less, so there is more potential flexibility on their side. TIP - Take your grandparent or someone old along and let them do the negotiation. Chances are they'll get the work done without paying anything!
I am not by any means endorsing giving or taking bribes. Unfortunately, reality of life is such that you cannot solve world hunger and sometimes have to bend your principles just to get the task done and move ahead."
https://www.quora.com/In-countries-...how-do-you-know-what-amount-of-bribe-to-offer