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Disappointment from the latest round of talks over the future of aid, held last week in Accra, Africa:
"The big step forward at the Accra Forum was the focus on transparency both in the run-up and during conference deliberations,' said Craig Fagan, a Senior Policy Coordinator for TI. 'Unfortunately, though, this did not translate into the firm, specific and time-bound commitments on accountability, transparency and fighting corruption, needed to make aid more effective.' Figures show that in Africa alone, more than US $148 billion (€102 billion) is lost annually to corruption. Total global official aid flows in 2007 amounted to US $104 billion (€72 billion)."Transparency International, itself, is of course on record at this agency with nearly a dozen unanswered questions about the way it writes country reports.
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