Paul Wolfowitz Corruption Quotations

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

The problem of corruption is a big drag on the Bangladesh economy,

We are changing the way we design our projects, so that they address the incentives and opportunities to fight corruption right from the start. Enforcement alone will not cure corruption. How much we do, and how much progress we make, depends on the desire of both governments and civil society to create the right setting for sound, strong, sustainable development.

We need to do more to address this issue and to hold private corporations accountable for exporting corruption to emerging economies.

Corruption is often at the very root of why governments don't work. It weakens the systems and distorts the markets. In the end, governments and citizens will pay a price, in lower incomes, lower investment and more volatile economic swings. But when governments do work - when they tackle corruption and improve their rule of law - they can raise their national incomes by as much as four times.