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CARACAS, Monday June 29, 2009 | Update
Venezuela among the countries with poor governance
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Venezuela, together with Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Belarus and Eritrea, is one of the countries with poor performance worldwide, according to the report on Worldwide Governance Indicators published by the World Bank on a yearly basis.
Developing countries have made significant progress in their fight against corruption but, in general terms, the quality of governance all over the world has not improved in the last decade, said on Monday the World Bank.
According to the annual survey, which aggregates data from 35 sources and covers 212 countries and territories, countries such as Norway and New Zealand recorded the best performance.
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Works flying high
05:09 PM. Economy. If any country has cashed in on the Bolivarian revolution, that is Brazil, particularly the private companies of the southern neighbor. Over the past five years, it has been awarded contracts for works to be carried out in Venezuela for over USD 14 billion. This puts it as the first recipient of government-to-government contracts, that is, without bidding, since Hugo Chávez took office.
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