As a reason for their decision to leave, many blame the high crime rate, real or perceived corruption, poor service delivery and the affirmative action policies of the government.

The UN blames poor government policies and corruption for much of the state's poverty.

The government's harshest critics blame corruption for the abysmal living conditions.

Opposition politicians like to blame corruption within the governing Institutional Revolutionary Party for the drug crisis.

It said that the report would blame "corruption" in the press, in which screen time and print space are "bought by interested politicians and businessmen."

Protests have spread across Jordan in the last few weeks, with demonstrators blaming corruption spawned by free-market reforms for the plight of the country's poor.

One driver waiting in line at a downtown gas station line expressed a more widely-held view, blaming corruption at every level.

The fund and other institutions that helped guide Bolivia's economy blame grinding corruption, poor infrastructure and high pension costs.

He now blames corruption, on the part of the culture minister.

People also blame corruption for loss of faith - bribery to get a seat on the train or a seat in Parliament.