tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061665328242748532.post1889604688011935165..comments2024-03-24T05:21:44.666-04:00Comments on PinkTaxiBlogger: Passport RenewalsPinkTaxiBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105826333680155633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061665328242748532.post-63758682006549804492010-09-17T02:24:05.712-04:002010-09-17T02:24:05.712-04:00Bureaucracy in the Middle East is the child of the...Bureaucracy in the Middle East is the child of the Ottoman Empire,though the French invented the word and added to it"Fonctionnaire",the tool of bureaucracy!The Anglosaxons invented the easy term for it:Red Tape!<br />Lebanon is the cradle of bureacracy but no one can compete with Egypt and the other Arab nations which imported Egyptian civil servants into their administartions.Unfortunately corruption go hand in hand with it,because it is the only wat to bypass it.<br />The introduction of the E-Government in a city like Dubai,has smoothed so many transactions that used to take months to finalize.Yet some archaic laws have not been changed to keep up with the technological development.<br />Stories like the Afghan consulate abound in our world that this one can be considered as funny!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061665328242748532.post-36551739268519160922010-09-16T03:23:58.398-04:002010-09-16T03:23:58.398-04:00Maybe you should have lied and told "Ahmadine...Maybe you should have lied and told "Ahmadinejad" you were a major shareholder in Kabul Bank. Lol!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01035024457077764850noreply@blogger.com