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ThemaingoaloftheWorldBankistofightpoverty.But,foralmosttenyears,theWorldBankalsohasinvestigatedfinancialcrimesbygovernmentandbankofficials.
Innineteenninety-six,formerWorldBankPresidentJamesWolfensohnwarnedoftheneedtodealwiththe“cancerofcorruption.”
TheWorldBankdefinescorruptionasoffering,giving,receiving,oraskingforanythingofvaluetoinfluencetheactionofapublicofficial.Forexample,alocalofficialmaydemandthataforeigncompanypayhimmoney,orabribe,topermitaprojecttogoforward.
TheWorldBanksayscorruptionisthebiggestbarriertodevelopment.Corruptionhurtsthepoorpeoplewhoaresupposedtogainfromdevelopmentbankloansandaid.
TheWorldBankcreatedagroupofanti-corruptioninvestigatorsinnineteenninety-nine.ItlaterbecametheDepartmentofInstitutionalIntegrity.TheBanksaystheD.I.I.hasinvestigatedalmosttwothousandaccusationsofcorruption.
TheBankhastwenty-twoinvestigators.Itspendsabouttenmilliondollarseachyearonanti-corruptionmeasures.Itsaysthisismorethanallotherdevelopmentbankscombined.
ThecurrentWorldBankpresident,PaulWolfowitz,wasappointedlastyear.MisterWolfowitzsayshewillincreasethenumberofinvestigatorsandthebudgetforfightingcorruption.HealsohassuspendedloanstoIndia,Kenya,Bangladeshandothernationsoverconcernsaboutcorruption.
ReportssaysomemembersoftheWorldBankgoverningboarddonotagreewithMisterWolfowitz’sactions.Theysayitisnotfairtodenyaloanforpurposessuchashealthcarebecausesomeofthemoneygoestocorruptuses.
CriticsoftheBank’slendingsayitisnotcarefullysupervisingtheloansandprojectsitfinances.TheBankapprovesabouttwohundredfortynewprojectseachyear.Andithasmorethanonethousandexistingloans,eachofwhichmaycontainmanyagreements.
TheWorldBankispartoftheWorldBankGroup.ItincludestheInternationalBankforReconstructionandDevelopment,whichhasonehundredeighty-fourmembernations.
Intwothousandfour,theWorldBankGroupprovidedorguaranteedmorethantwenty-fivethousandmilliondollarsinloans.
