> several basic problems do not have the right incentives or willingness to be solved

The corruption issue is still there, it's just much better disguised and kept away from the general public. Random individuals are not expected or generally safe to pay bribes to police in the UK; we imagine that's all there is to it. But at the higher levels all sorts of problems are not solved because there's a financial interest, or simply an establishment personal connection.

The Fujitsu/Post Office scandal was perhaps the worst recent example.