Lives becomes hard/a nightmare for citizens under a corrupt leadership.
I believe your country can not be from the western world if this is the case, and there are still many countries in the world like this. If I have to convey plain truth, some leaders are not meant to be leaders because they do not carry the characteristics of been leaders. Let us look at Africa countries for example. Check some of the characteristics of their leaders:
1. Only African leaders go for medical treatment abroad.
2. They lack the knowledge to rule there nations
3. Most of them have citizenship abroad.
4. Their sons and daughter are given birth to in abroad and are called citizens of countries like USA, England etc.
This defineds that there is a problem in such countries, and if care is not taking, it can lead to more problem in future.
Most developing countries are in Africa, and some part of Asia, the countries depends on whites, they did not want to stand and be independent to certain extent, they did not produce goods and services like they ought to, this is the cause of unemployment, unemployment makes life of people in such country miserable.
If your leaders can one day realize not to depend on western nations, and nations like China, you produce manufacturing companies and the likes, then, your country standard of living will be more quality. But, with the corruption you talked about, it is likely this can not be done, that is why I said they lack the knowledge to rule.