COMPRÉHENSION ÉCRITE

Séquence 1 : Corruption is Crippling Development in Africa

COMPRÉHENSION ÉCRITE
Dr ALADJI MAMADOU SANÉ
Séquence 1 : Corruption is Crippling Development in Africa

Exercice de Travaux Dirigés de la séquence 1 :

Exercice 1 : Complete the statements below with Information taken from the text.
A. Situations concerning corruption

1. A bribe demanded by a teacher to enroll a girl at a ‘fee’ elementary school:

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2. A hike in the local cost of drugs by newly elected parliamentarians whose campaigns were
supported by pharmaceutical firms.

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3. A primary school inspector who used to arrange for teachers posted to rural areas to be transferred
back to cities if they paid her small sums of money.

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4. The civil servants’ failure to deliver government-run Health, Education or Agricultural services.

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5. Teachers at government schools stay away from class or do not take up appointments in remote
regions.

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Dr ALADJI MAMADOU SANÉ 1

COMPRÉHENSION ÉCRITE
Séquence 1 : Corruption is Crippling Development in Africa

Exercice 2 :

B. The consequences of the implicit costs of corruption

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C. The effect of the costs of ‘‘Quiet Corruption’’

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D. The effect of Corruption as ‘‘a crime’’

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