Don't let corruption zeal hurt the poor, UK says
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A new World Bank anti-corruption   strategy for developing countries should not interfere with   funding for alleviating poverty, British development secretary   Hilary Benn said on Monday.
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Cheap drugs will not control the world's spiralling rates of HIV alone and poverty must be tackled, a charity warns.
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Government to be publicly castigated this week over failure to help poor people - by fuel poverty watchdog
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Oil wealth can often lead to corruption, according to the latest survey by anti-corruption campaign group Transparency International.
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Nelson Mandela on Thursday compared widespread poverty in developing countries to man-made evils such as slavery and apartheid, and urged wealthy nations to do more to fight it.
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Callous wealthy nations are   indifferent to the plight of the poor as they pursue selfish   policies which enrich the few at the expense of the many, South   African President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday.
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Britain has raised the stakes in its fight against sleaze in Kenya by warning that ministers, civil servants and businessmen suspected of involvement in corruption will be refused visas to the United Kingdom.
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In the latest edition of its highly-regarded Corruption Index , Transparency International blames corruption for diverting urgently needed public money into dirty hands.
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Pledging to respect private wealth and fight corruption, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told his opponents they should not fear his left-wing &quot;revolution&quot;.
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Tory leader David Cameron is to label poverty a "moral disgrace" and make a pledge to tackle it.
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Playing down a funding row with   Britain, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz defended his   controversial anti-corruption campaign on Friday, saying the   bank could not tolerate misuse of its funds to poor countries.
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Financial Times, 29 September 2004 - Developing countries must take action to reduce corruption and cronyism in order to improve investment climates and promote growth and poverty reduction, the World Bank said yesterday.
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The UK and other developed countries are meeting to plan ways to spend aid more effectively in poor countries.
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The International Monetary Fund says emerging economies will not be immune from a slowdown among wealthier nations.
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Red tape, corruption and a lack of public support for government policies are hampering investment in the poorest countries, a report from the World Bank revealed yesterday.
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Anti-corruption laws urgently need to be reformed because they are outdated when compared to modern international business practices, the head of Britain's anti-fraud agency said in an interview published in the Financial Times on Monday.
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Fighting corruption was to top the agenda for a meeting of the World Bank's policy-setting panel on Monday, President Paul Wolfowitz said, insisting bad governance was the biggest obstacle to reduction in poverty.