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Email this citationCIAO DATE: 03/04
Policies that increase vulnerability to corruption
Dwight Ink
December 2003
Executive Summary
My comments on donor policies that increase vulnerability to corruption grow out of experience of directing the Agency for International Development programs in the Western Hemisphere, as well as assessing USAID missions in Africa, the Near East, and Asia. Following this work, I headed a non-profit organization, the Institute of Public Administration, which has been heavily involved in the transition of countries in Europe and Asia from dictatorships to market economies and democratic societies. I should point out, however, that my background is in management, not banking or economics.
Despite my criticisms of certain foreign assistance programs, I would stress at the outset that I am a vigorous supporter of both bilateral and multilateral foreign assistance. The United States Congress should be providing much more funding for that purpose. Unfortunately, the American people do not have a clear understanding of the value of foreign assistance to world stability and other long-term U.S. foreign policy objectives.
