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To: Rational who wrote (435)	1/4/1998 2:09:00 PM
From: Esvida	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Geoff and Sankar, Let me try in my layman's terms. Sankar, please correct me if needed. The subtlety can be measured by the degree of indirectness in how a bribe benefits the receiver. Plain corruption: Say we want to apply for an export permit. After paying all the official fees to the government, the 'due process' would take a month. Say we want it faster for our own reasons. The officer who can make the decision to grant us the permit asks for a sum of money to render an expedited service and this money goes directly into his pocket to enrich himself and his cronies. Subtle corruption: Scenario just as above, but the officer now says "OK, donate a sum of money to my political party." In this case, we also have to pay extra, but the officer does not benefit directly. It only goes to enrich his party which helps to elect its members - some of them may be in a position to help the officer in some way. -Al