A Quixotic Pursuit of Zero Tolerance for Corruption: Must we chose between fighting poverty or corruption?

Activity Type: 
Lecture
Presenter: 
Stephen Zimmermann
Date: 
Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:00 to 13:30
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
School of Law, Room 107
Cost: 
Free

Mr. Zimmermann will discuss the challenges faced by the World Bank tackling corruption, while pursuing an aggressive development agenda, including a recent corruption investigation that ultimately led to the Bank's withdrawal from financing a major infrastructure project in Asia and the innovative tools used to try to strike a balance between the need for integrity and pursuit of a transformational development project beset by allegations of corruption.

UCIS Unit: 
Global Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors: 
Center for International Legal Education
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA)
University Honors College
Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law and Public Policy
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration