Senior fellow Charles Kenny is quoted in a piece on Transparency International's annual corruption report.
From the piece:
Anger over corruption has sparked mass demonstrations and even toppled governments in the past few years. But a global study published Wednesday by Transparency International finds the problem remains widespread.
Scholar Charles Kenny of the Center for Global Development says corruption takes many forms, like using a bribe to get a driver's license, job or contract for an unqualified person.
He calls corruption a symptom of poor government, and says bringing the issue to public and official attention will help - eventually. “These changes take changes in norms of behavior, and attitudes across millions of people in the country, so they take time," he said.
Kenny says corruption causes problems for business when money is diverted into an official’s pocket instead of being spent on roads or energy projects.
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Read it here.
