Corruption conference

Durban‚ South Africa

South Africa has hosted an international anti-corruption conference, staged by the Berlin-based political group Transparency International, which publishes an 85 country corruption perceptions index, ranging from the Cameroon (most corrupt), to Denmark (least).

James Wolfenson, president of the World Bank, said that his organisation had developed an action plan to fight corruption, without cutting aid.

Other initiatives at the conference, in Durban, included a scheme to tackle bribery at Nigeria's largest airport and a plan by 11 African countries to fight corrution in their own institutions. Botswana's president said hat his country was planning to set up a database on corruption.