International Anticorruption Day: Corruption, Capture and Fragile Contexts

For International Anticorruption Day this year, the World Bank is drawing attention to the challenges, complexities, and consequences of corruption in fragile settings. The term “fragility” can mean many things, and there is no single type of fragile environment. Similarly, corruption can mean many things and is present in all countries. The most recent Pandora Papers have drawn attention to the fact that rich countries often contribute to the problems. The complexities of corruption and of fragility are huge and can interact with each other but we hope that by unpacking some of the issues we can find some practical ways forward. http://wrld.bg/axka50H6jUk

Speakers:
Indermit Gill, Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions at the World Bank
Mari Pangestu, World Bank Managing Director of Development Policy and Partnerships
Sarah Chayes, author of the prize-winning “Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security”
John Githongo, CEO, Inuka
Scott Guggenheim, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University
Karen Allen, Senior Research Advisor at the Institute for Security Studies, Johannesburg

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