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Corruption, Politics and Development

The Role of the World Bank
By:H. Marquette
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9780333999318
eText ISBN:9781403943736
Edition:0
Copyright:2003
Format:Page Fidelity

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In 1997, the World Bank announced a strategy to help its borrowers combat corruption, despite earlier claims that work of this kin violated the Bank's non-political mandate. Despite many attempts to reshape corruption as an economic issue rather than a political one, the non-political mandate has never been satisfactorily addressed. Heather Marquette argues that the Bank should focus in its strengths and avoid the more controversial components of its anti-corruption programme, which threaten its credibility.