Well....this is not a problem of our country alone! It is not because there is a nation filled with filthy people. But because in any country you will always find a bunch of people who can be bought easily. This is being exploited to the fullest extend possible.
Misery has been happening to third world economies since the inception of world bank and imf. The role of third world economies has been to service western economic interests. It is in line with this that IMF and world bank loans are given. They target immediate natural resource consumption and industrialization of the nation to which loans are given, such that these nations produce goods and services that the west wants. End result in long run of these nations is such that, they barely grow as a nation since they have not industrialized with respect to their own economic interests. Eventually in the long run these nations end up with humongous loans which has multiplied with the magic of compound interest (20-30 year span). Then the world bank and imf steps in and demands to privatize public infrastructure. Generally when these instutions give humongous loans (usually in billions), they never serve the interest of the nation as a whole. But only a small part of the nation, in the process making a few guys in the country very wealthy. The rest of the nation ends up with a worse of standard of living and higher poverty rates is ensured. There are lots of statistics available. Many past and current world bank and imf economists, presidents,ect have spoken out on this. This has happened to nation after nation after nation. IraQ, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, African countries are just a few examples.
In the past this was accomplished using armies and wars. Today it is in a subtle and intellectual manner. Using free flow of capital!! While it has a few advantages, this is being used for different vested long term economic interests by a few western nations. One dosent need to be a genius to guess which country is involved.