Plenary 4: Do countries pay a price for corruption?
This plenary session delves into the multifaceted costs of corruption on societies, featuring panelists from high-level government, academia, and the private sector. The session explores the far-reaching consequences of corruption, including its detrimental impact on infrastructure development, credit ratings, non-economic costs such as social trust and political stability, as well as the specific costs associated with corruption in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
Moderator: Arturo Herrera, Global Director for Governance Global Practice in the Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions Practice Group (EFI) Vice Presidency
Speakers:
Eduardo Engel, Professor, University of Chile
Jennifer Lewis, Anticorruption Task Force Deputy Director, USAID
Juan Carlos Echeverry, former CEO of EcoPetrol