A phenomenon typical among the locals (See). The internationals tend to condemn it pointedly and are involved in it only sporadically and inadvertently but always with the best intentions.  Corruption differs from a project (See) in that  it has a functional infrastructure (See) and very tangible results (See) often decorated with so-called concrete (or plaster) accessories in the form of lions, swans, angels, pseudo-Doric-Ionic-Corinthian silver-plated columns, etc.