That kind of participation in decision-making at the local level greatly helps the development process.
That kind of participation in decision-making at the local level greatly helps the development process.
Overall, India is doing impressively well, and it's a very encouraging story of how a very large country with an extraordinarily diverse population can make real inroads in poverty reduction and in development with a democratic system, and I think that's encouraging.
When it comes back to the test of whether we (the World Bank) are doing our job or not, it's whether we're promoting development, not whether we're promoting democracy.
We are changing the way we design our projects, so that they address the incentives and opportunities to fight corruption right from the start. Enforcement alone will not cure corruption. How much we do, and how much progress we make, depends on the desire of both governments and civil society to create the right setting for sound, strong, sustainable development.
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