Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
mail delivery, processing papers
English answer:
bribes for making routine government actions easier
Added to glossary by
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Aug 3, 2009 15:07
14 yrs ago
English term
mail delivery, processing papers
English
Law/Patents
Business/Commerce (general)
corruption, facilitating payment
"A facilitating payment is a payment for a routine government action - such as obtaining mail delivery or police protection, or processing governmental papers - for which a government official has no discretion beyond when that service will be provided."
I simply cannot imagine why these "routine government actions" (mail delivery, processing governmental papers) would require "facilitating payments".
I simply cannot imagine why these "routine government actions" (mail delivery, processing governmental papers) would require "facilitating payments".
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Aug 12, 2009 02:24: Yasutomo Kanazawa Created KOG entry
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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bribes for making routine government actions easier
My guess is that facilitating payment means bribery, which makes mail delivery, police protection or processing governmental papers easier, since we're talking about corruption here.
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MrE333 (X)
: Agreed. The key here being a non-required payment since the action is routine. Bribe (though not too common in the US) is the correct word.
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Thank you MrE333.
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eski
: Bribery, very common in Mexico; nomatter what the "officials" claim. Saludos :))
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Gracias Eski, y saludos!
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George C.
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Thank you solarstone
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Phong Le
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Thank you Phong
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