01092nam a22001217a 4500 Integrity and Anti-Corruption: Integrity and Anti-Corruption Progress Report 2009-2010 Abidjan: AfDB, 2010. 30p. A significant part of Africa’s GDP is estimated to be lost to corruption every year. Besides stunting economic growth , corruption carries devastating indirect costs. While corruption affects everyone, it hurts the poorest most by crippling the public services they so badly need. Tackling corruption is therefore an integral part of the economic and social development the African Development Bank seeks to promote. The report talks of the efforts of the department in investigating allegations of fraud, corruption, coercion and collusion in Bank operations. A number of solutions are given to tackle the problem and these include, cooperation and protecting whistle-blowers CAPITAL FLIGHT, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, BANKING SECRECY http://iffoadatabase.trustafrica.org/iff/integrity_and_anti-corruption.pdf CF 324 324