We must always remember that it is the poor who pay the principal price of corruption. Yet it is only in the last few years that we have been able to bring the issue of corruption clearly to the table of development dialogue. Corruption will not, however, be eliminated by criticism and denunciation alone. International instruments to identify and punish corruption must be put in place. Development policy must include the means of increasing the technical capacity of the poorer countries to address corruption in the economic sphere, in government and in public administration, as well as in the legal and juridical field.
Good governance requires appropriate infrastructures.
Much more has to be invested in these infrastructures and in the formation of those who are called to build them up. A third area where progress is still slower is that of armed conflict and military expenditure. The statistics are bluntly clear. There can be no agenda for development which does not address an agenda for peace. The question of the proliferation of small arms must be placed more clearly on the international development agenda and not limited just to a minor disarmament slot.