These are large countries with huge economies, where conspiring and doling out small perks and favors is not very effective.

In paragraph 223, the Administration agreed with the Board's recommendation that it consistently record ex gratia payments to facilitate their review and to reduce the risk of recording inaccurate information under other expenditure international procurement .

To be sure, rent seeking and favor dispensing corruption exist to some degree everywhere but they are more widespread in developing than developed countries and in resource rich and or centrally planned economies than in capitalist democracies.