His action plan includes combating corruption, alleviating poverty and reinstating salaries to the previous scales for workers.

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It represents a worthy new approach to poverty reduction and combating corruption...

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There is some concrete evidence of progress in combating corruption.

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Respecting private property, promoting sound money, combating corruption, weeding out crony capitalism, protectionism, and other causes of unjust inequalities, which especially affect the poor, is a path to a truly liberated and more just society.

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Around the globe, we're standing with those who take responsibility, helping farmers grow more food, supporting doctors who care for the sick, and combating the corruption that can rot a society and rob people of opportunity.

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More than 25 Federal agencies award grants that range from supporting lifesaving research and improving access to health care to fighting corruption and combating terrorism.

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In addition to its role in battling corruption, the media has also emerged as an important tool for combating and addressing many of the other social problems that China is facing in its rapid modernization.

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James Wolfensohn, the World Bank president, calls corruption a cancer, says it will be a factor in lending decisions and has made combating it a priority.

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