1. There is another dimension to this problem. Officials, whose low salaries do not reflect the power at their disposal, perform small favors for politicians, such as obtaining drivers' licenses or passports, speeding customs procedures, or securing entrance to elite schools. It is a way to repay the politicians who offered them their jobs, which they could not have secured without the political patronage network. Thus, they aim to reach at least a minimum level of material comfort through gifts and money received from this sector. Meanwhile, those outside the political sector are offered a choice: pay a bribe, or suffer through the grinding bureaucratic procedure