africa/global: Nine out of ten developing countries urgently need practical support to fight corruption

"Rich countries must provide practical support to developing country governments that demonstrate the political will to curb corruption. In addition, those countries starting with a high degree of corruption should not be penalised, since they are in the most urgent need of support," said Peter Eigen, Chairman of Transparency International (TI), speaking on the launch of the TI Corruption Perceptions Index 2003 (CPI). (The web page to this story also contains the full TI Corruption Perceptions Index.)