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The Poverty of Corrupt Nations

Overview

The fight to eliminate world poverty is being severely hampered by corrupt leaders in developing countries. According to the African Union, some $150 billion is lost every year to corruption in Africa. In China, it is estimated corruption diminishes the annual value of gross domestic product by 15%. The pattern repeats itself elsewhere.

This bleak situation compounds the poverty problem even more because donor countries are justifiably reluctant to support jurisdictions whose leaders are known to be corrupt, ignoring their citizens' needs while stealing and laundering public funds for private use. What development does occur in chronically corrupt nations is often poorly planned and environmentally unsustainable, since the private gain of corrupt politicians and officials takes precedence over the implementation of sound development strategies. Likewise, bureaucratic corruption also results in the compromising of worker and consumer safety --after all, a bribe costs less than obeying the law. And it is the poor who really pay the true cost of corruption.

The Poverty of Corrupt Nations is a straightforward, easy-to-read exposition of the nature and scope of global corruption and money laundering, explaining the impact of recent troubling corruption trends on the public-at-large and public policy makers. Specifically, Cullen examines the links between world poverty, corruption, terrorism, global migration patterns, and money laundering. Constructively, Cullen then outlines a practical 20-point program to increase transparency and accountability in governments and parliaments around the world and break this cycle of corruption and poverty. |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

Author Information

Roy Cullen

Born in 1944 in Montreal, Roy Cullen earned his B.A. in Business Administration and a Master of Public Administration. He qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 1972. During his career, Mr. Cullen served as an assistant deputy minister in the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and as a vice-president in the Noranda Forest Group (now Norbord). Initially elected to the House of Commons in Ottawa in a by-election in 1996, he was re-elected in the 1997, 2000, 2004, and 2006 general elections, and retired as a member of Parliament in 2008.

As a member of the Chr�tien and Martin governments, Mr. Cullen served as chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, as parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance and to the deputy prime minister and the minister for public safety and emergency preparedness, and as chair of the Ontario Liberal caucus. He has also served as Official Opposition critic for natural resources. He was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council of Canada in 2004.

During his tenure as parliamentary secretary to the minister of finance, Mr. Cullen was actively involved in designing and implementing Canada's anti-money-laundering regime. Since being elected Mr. Cullen has been very active with the Global Organization of Parliamentarians Against Corruption (GOPAC) in the international fight against corruption and money laundering. He has spoken out on these scourges and has played a leadership role at several anti-corruption and anti-money-laundering workshops and conferences.

Mr. Cullen lives in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife, Ethne. They have one son, Peter.

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Product Details

  • Published by

    Blue Butterfly Book Publishing, Incorporated

  • Publish Date

    February 21, 2011 

  • Print ISBN

    9780978160098

  • eBook ISBN

    9781926577319

  • Imprint

    Blue Butterfly Book Publishing, Incorporated

  • Filesize

    1.68 MB

  • Number of Print Pages*

    228

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