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Podcast: IMF Podcasts
Episode: Sawsan Gharaibeh: Curbing Corruption at Heart of Development
Description: Corruption leeches money from citizens and taxpayers and corrodes trust in government. In this podcast, Transparency International's Chairperson in Jordan, Sawsan Gharaibeh, talks about how governance weaknesses in some countries in the Middle East have undermined economic growth and kept the region on the lower end of the Corruption Perception Index. Gharaibeh was invited to join a panel on curbing corruption at the IMF World-Bank Spring meetings. Check out the latest Fiscal Monitor on Curbing Corruption