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Featured Stories
Then US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan issues a report to Congress on World Bank mismanagement of the largest of all multi-donor trust funds - $10 billion - dedicated to Afghan reconstruction and development.
A dramatic victory for democracy in Malaysia finally opens the door to investigations of nation’s largest corruption scandal.
IMF’s Managing Director Christine Lagarde leads the charge against corruption - the Fund starts to implement a tough new set of anti-corruption approaches - will they be effective?
World Issues
Lectures
Across the globe stride powerful people in government and business who operate as if they are above the law. They steal vast sums, live in extravagant luxury and arrogantly manipulate the systems and processes of justice in their favor. They are the untouchable kleptocrats. It is time they were brought to justice.
Multiple major corruption crises are splashing across the front pages of newspapers across the globe. Taken together, these crises are contributing to global insecurity and to financial and economic instability, while they are challenging freedom and democracy in many countries.
The individual cases of grand corruption involving political leaders are reported case by case. The dangerous mega-impact, however, is only really evident by looking at the crises in combination.
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim says,"Each dollar lost to corruption is a dollar stolen from a pregnant woman who needs health care; or from a girl or boy who deserves an education; or from communities that need roads and clean water."
Shining a bright light on the global operations of major multinational corporations, including details of the cash they pay to foreign governments, will not end corruption. But, it is a very good start on a long and vital journey.
