DRCs progress on sustainable development is hindered by minimal central government control over large parts of the national territory. poor transportation and electricity infrastructure. the governments inability to manage and monitor extraction of its natural resources. and broad governance problems including endemic corruption and barely functional state institutions. Without progress on justice and effective and accountable institutions. corruption will continue to infect governments around the world. like the DRC. creating greater economic and political instability. which often leads to violent conflict. The DRC is just one example of why we need goal 16. The desperate refugees streaming into Europe provide another sad example. Most of these people are coming from places where ordinary people have experienced longterm repression and other human rights abuses at the hands of deeply corrupt governments. Consequently. many of these countries are now consumed by violent conflict.
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