The web reports selectively on governments’ bright ideas to carry out their policies, often by keeping closer track of their citizens. Those interested can subscribe to a Google News alert on « red tape » which yields more than 10 items a day.
Among the recent stories, this one found on Eurasianet.org, seems to deserve a prize. « The city of Tashkent is making it easier for police to sort residents into “insiders” and “outsiders” by forcing everyone to get a new stamp in their internal passports. It’s unclear what’s behind the new measure, but in one of the most corrupt places on earth the extra red tape could provide police another opportunity to stick their hands in residents’ pockets, observers fear. »
It will be interesting to see how this new measures affects the country’s ranking in the Doing Business index, currently at 166th out of 183 (and absolutely last 183/183 for "trading across borders").
Among the recent stories, this one found on Eurasianet.org, seems to deserve a prize. « The city of Tashkent is making it easier for police to sort residents into “insiders” and “outsiders” by forcing everyone to get a new stamp in their internal passports. It’s unclear what’s behind the new measure, but in one of the most corrupt places on earth the extra red tape could provide police another opportunity to stick their hands in residents’ pockets, observers fear. »
It will be interesting to see how this new measures affects the country’s ranking in the Doing Business index, currently at 166th out of 183 (and absolutely last 183/183 for "trading across borders").
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