While many said it would never happen, today 129 jurisdictions have committed to implementing the international standard for exchange of tax information on request and more than 95 jurisdictions have committed to implementing the new global common reporting standard on tax transparency by 2018. Through our chairmanship of the G8 and the Summit at Lough Erne, I put tax, trade and transparency on the global agenda and sought agreement on a global standard for the automatic exchange of information over who pays taxes where. From the 2010 Bribery Act to becoming the first major country in the world to establish a public central registry of who really owns and controls companies, I am determined that we should do everything we can to demonstrate leadership on these issues and put our own house in order. That is why I have made tackling corruption such a political priority. From tax evasion and overseas territories who have been accused of hiding the proceeds of corruption, to an MPs’ expenses scandal that tore at the fabric of the world’s oldest democracy, we have our own problems and we are very much still dealing with them. Make no mistake, corruption affects us all, Britain included. I profoundly believe that this has to change – and it has to change in every country. As David Walsh puts it in his essay: this “longing to indulge the irresponsibility of not knowing” has been the rock upon which corruption is built. For too long it has just been too easy for those in authority to ignore or pretend not to know what is going on. For too long there has been something of an international taboo over stirring up concerns. No country has a perfect record on these issues – and so there is a hesitation in raising them. Yet while corruption is such a huge problem, the national and global efforts to deal with it are often weak. They want the law to be upheld and they want the corrupt to be punished, with justice and recompense for those who have suffered. If we continue to hide from this problem, how will developing countries blessed with natural resources ever break out of the poverty trap? How will we stop people from risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean unless we enable them to build a better life back at home? In the end, we have to deal with corruption if we are to have any hope of a truly prosperous and secure future.įurthermore, people actually want us to deal with this problem, every bit as much as they want us to tackle issues like poverty and migration. The longer I have been Prime Minister, and the more I have seen in this job, the more I believe that we cannot hope to solve the big global challenges of our time without making a major dent in the whole cycle of corruption. It can even undermine our security, as Sarah Chayes argues in her essay, if the perceived corruption of local governments makes people more susceptible to the poisonous ideology of extremists. It steals vital resources from our schools and hospitals as corrupt individuals and companies evade the taxes they owe. It traps the poorest in the most desperate poverty as corrupt governments around the world syphon off funds and prevent hard-working people from getting the revenues and benefits of growth that are rightfully theirs. It destroys jobs and holds back growth, costing the world economy billions of pounds every year. Foreword by David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United KingdomĬorruption is the cancer at the heart of so many of our problems in the world today. José Ugaz: People’s power: taking action to demand accountabilityġ. Mart Laar: The cancer of the modern world – a European perspective
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Angel Gurría: How to battle 21st-century corruption Christine Lagarde: Addressing corruption – openly Jim Yong Kim: How to tackle corruption to create a more just and prosperous world Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong: Success in combating corruption – views on the Singaporean experience Prime Minister John Key: New Zealand: a culture of fair play President Ashraf Ghani: Driving corruption out of procurement President Muhammadu Buhari: My plan to fight corruption in Nigeria
David Walsh: The irresponsibility of not knowing – corruption in sport Sarah Chayes: Corruption and terrorism: the causal link Paul Radu: Follow the money: how open data and investigative journalism can beat corruption John Githongo: An African perspective on corruption Paul Collier: How to change cultures of corruption Foreword by David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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