Corrupt government in this region have taken borrowed money designed to improve the economy and used it for personal gain

Although this could be referring to a wide variety of regions, the best option would be "Africa", since northern Africa has one of the highest concentrations of extractive governments in the world. 

Is there a passage that comes with this question or should i know this right off the bat, because if it is, i probably have short term memory loss or college is too stressful