In 2018/2019, around 53 percent of survey respondents in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region stated that they used wasta or personal connections because they would not have received the service otherwise. More than one third of people who used public services in the past year in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region used wasta.
Share of public users who used wasta in the past 12 months in the Middle East and North Africa in 2018/2019, by reason
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Transparency International. (December 11, 2019). Share of public users who used wasta in the past 12 months in the Middle East and North Africa in 2018/2019, by reason [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207863/mena-share-of-people-using-wasta-by-reason/
Transparency International. "Share of public users who used wasta in the past 12 months in the Middle East and North Africa in 2018/2019, by reason." Chart. December 11, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207863/mena-share-of-people-using-wasta-by-reason/
Transparency International. (2019). Share of public users who used wasta in the past 12 months in the Middle East and North Africa in 2018/2019, by reason. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207863/mena-share-of-people-using-wasta-by-reason/
Transparency International. "Share of Public Users Who Used Wasta in The past 12 Months in The Middle East and North Africa in 2018/2019, by Reason." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207863/mena-share-of-people-using-wasta-by-reason/
Transparency International, Share of public users who used wasta in the past 12 months in the Middle East and North Africa in 2018/2019, by reason Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207863/mena-share-of-people-using-wasta-by-reason/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of public users who used wasta in the past 12 months in the Middle East and North Africa in 2018/2019, by reason [Graph], Transparency International, December 11, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1207863/mena-share-of-people-using-wasta-by-reason/