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Contributor [1]
Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Corruption [2]
Issue Number: 
250 [3]
Article-Summary: 

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.

Category: 
Governance [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/corruption/33343 [5]

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