For too long there has been something of an international taboo over stirring up concerns. No country has a perfect record on these issues – and so there is a hesitation in raising them. Yet while corruption is such a huge problem, the national and global efforts to deal with it are often weak. They want the law to be upheld and they want the corrupt to be punished, with justice and recompense for those who have suffered. If we continue to hide from this problem, how will developing countries blessed with natural resources ever break out of the poverty trap? How will we stop people from risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean unless we enable them to build a better life back at home? In the end, we have to deal with corruption if we are to have any hope of a truly prosperous and secure future.įurthermore, people actually want us to deal with this problem, every bit as much as they want us to tackle issues like poverty and migration. The longer I have been Prime Minister, and the more I have seen in this job, the more I believe that we cannot hope to solve the big global challenges of our time without making a major dent in the whole cycle of corruption. It can even undermine our security, as Sarah Chayes argues in her essay, if the perceived corruption of local governments makes people more susceptible to the poisonous ideology of extremists. It steals vital resources from our schools and hospitals as corrupt individuals and companies evade the taxes they owe. It traps the poorest in the most desperate poverty as corrupt governments around the world syphon off funds and prevent hard-working people from getting the revenues and benefits of growth that are rightfully theirs. It destroys jobs and holds back growth, costing the world economy billions of pounds every year. Foreword by David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United KingdomĬorruption is the cancer at the heart of so many of our problems in the world today. José Ugaz: People’s power: taking action to demand accountabilityġ. Mart Laar: The cancer of the modern world – a European perspective Angel Gurría: How to battle 21st-century corruption Christine Lagarde: Addressing corruption – openly Jim Yong Kim: How to tackle corruption to create a more just and prosperous world Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: Success in combating corruption – views on the Singaporean experience Prime Minister John Key: New Zealand: a culture of fair play President Ashraf Ghani: Driving corruption out of procurement President Muhammadu Buhari: My plan to fight corruption in Nigeria

David Walsh: The irresponsibility of not knowing – corruption in sport Sarah Chayes: Corruption and terrorism: the causal link Paul Radu: Follow the money: how open data and investigative journalism can beat corruption John Githongo: An African perspective on corruption

Paul Collier: How to change cultures of corruption Foreword by David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

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