Crisis to widen governance gulf between states
August 10th, 2009
Reuters
LONDON – The financial crisis will widen the gulf between countries in governance and corruption, a leading expert says, with some states hastening reforms but others using economic distress to justify doing nothing.
Daniel Kaufmann, a senior Brookings Institute scholar and former World Bank governance head, said he expected to see countries improving or deteriorating faster over the next year, depending on the quality of leadership.
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