Craig Atkinson

Matt asks some good questions about the link between corruption and poverty. He has had some pretty incredible experiences over the past few years and I love reading his thoughts about these kinds of things.

I must admit I haven’t spent enough time thinking about poverty nor corruption. According to Chris via MSN, corruption is endemic because democracy is not consolidated. In Canada, for example, there are lots of controls in place to ensure you can’t just siphon money out of the chain. There are audits, reporting requirements, etc. in place to prevent this from happening. Unfortunately, in poor countries, government is weak or even more likely corrupt itself. There is no political will to really change the way things work.