From David Wilkinson, Los Angeles, California, US
Rowan Hooper’s plan to eradicate world poverty by spending $1 trillion doesn’t mention corruption, which is said to waste far more than $1 trillion per year (27 February, p 38).
Well-overseen pilot projects, like those he cites, may not scale up to well-overseen megaprojects. Do we simply assume that corruption will be obliterated by the flood of money? Rather, I would expect corruption to scale up: the sweeter the pot, the more grasping hands.
