"He's got to take concrete steps to eliminate corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"There is now a clear window of opportunity for President Karzai and his government to make a new compact with the people of Afghanistan The Obama administration and other Western leaders have repeatedly urged President Karzai to use his next five-year term to eliminate endemic corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

And yet this numerical correlation does not prove that governments can merely increase pay to eliminate corruption.

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Collective effort by the private sector: Only a collective effort made by the private sector can help eliminate corruption.

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Ms Greening said that DFID would continue to provide advisers to the Afghan government to increase transparency and eliminate corruption.

BBC: Afghanistan statement