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A series of loan suspensions and internal investigations has everyone at the World Bank talking about corruption. However, despite high profile moves by president Paul Wolfowitz, the root causes of corruption - underpaid civil servants, an acceptance of bribery by big business, and dirty money - remain largely unaddressed. While many observers applaud these attempts to weed out corruption, Wolfowitz has so far failed to systematically address the roots of the problem.