Assistance Abused

The World Bank wants Indonesia to return assistance funds because of indications of corruption. The government refuses to do so.

August 22, 2006

THIS could be an annoying present amid the celebration of Independence Day. We are again reminded of the discovery of corruption. This time the amount is not huge, as it involves only a bribe of Rp3.2 billionfar below the over half a trillion commission money in the Bank Bali scandal. What is unusual is that, because of the case, the World Bank stopped its aid in a number of projects and asked the government to immediately return the already disb

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