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ADB fights corruption within and without

IFR Asia, May 2009

It’s widely accepted that corruption is a problem in the developing world, and that the worst of the consequent economic hit is to the poor. Development projects such as those supported by the Asian Development Bank are especially vulnerable: they take place in some of the poorest parts of the world, with the lowest ability to supervise, and the greatest incentive to steal. But what to do about it?

Kathleen Moktan is the director for public management in the governance and participation division at the ADB, and is practice leader on public management and governance. She has been a part of the bank’s farthest-reaching initiatives in this area, including the Second Governance and Anticorruption Action Plan (known as GACAP II), approved in 2006, which aims to improve the implementation of governance and anticorruption policies in sectors where the ADB is active; and a joint initiative with OECD which aims to harmonise approaches and share good governance practices. Continue…

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