Kerry did raise the matter with Karzai, and he told me later that "Kabul Bank will be the test" of the president's commitment to fight corruption.
The way Mr. Stier sees it, Mr. Hoffa backed off his commitment to fight corruption when the heat was turned on some people close to him.
"The whole anti-corruption movement was so much focused on imposing on the elite of developing countries a commitment to fight corruption and giving them the tools and systems to fight it", says Mr Eigen.
BRUSSELS — Romania was publicly criticized on Tuesday as lacking in commitment to fight corruption as the European Union released a report that also praised Bulgaria for the growing momentum behind its reforms.
At a time of heightened mistrust of the financial sector worldwide, financial institutions would go a long way in addressing their credibility gap by deepening their commitment to fight corruption.
Ultimately, what you want is the majority of a population believing in the commitment of their leaders to fight corruption.
The country's President, Ashraf Ghani, thanked the international community for its commitment and sacrifices and promised to fight corruption.
Thomas Oppermann, their parliamentary leader, said Greece would do better to fight corruption at home than to break its commitments abroad.Only The Left, a party on Germany's ex-communist political fringe, cheered on Syriza's plans to end the spending cuts they consider a social disaster.
He acknowledged that numerous hurdles remain, including the pervasive unease many Afghans feel about neighboring states, their economy, the durability of the international commitment and their own government's ability to make good on its many promises to fight corruption.
