Corruption is the cancer at the heart of many of the world’s problems. It destroys jobs and holds back growth. It fuels instability and terrorism. It traps the poorest in poverty. It even corrodes trust in the sports we love.

In this collection of essays leading politicians, activists, journalists and academics begin a global debate about how we can fight back.

Foreword by David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Contributors include:

Christine Lagarde - Managing Director, the International Monetary Fund

Jim Yong Kim - President, World Bank Group

Paul Collier - Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, and author

Francis Fukuyama - Senior Fellow at Stanford University, Director of the Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law, and author

David Walsh - Chief sports writer, Sunday Times, and author

Sarah Chayes - Senior Associate, Democracy and Rule of Law Program, Carnegie Endowment, and author

John Githongo - Activist and CEO of Inuka Kenya Ni Sisi Ltd

Ashraf Ghani - President of Afghanistan

Muhammadu Buhari - President of Nigeria

John Key - Prime Minister of New Zealand

Lee Hsien Loong - Prime Minister of Singapore

Angel Gurría - Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Mart Laar - Former Prime Minister of Estonia (1992-1994 and 1999-2002)

José Ugaz - Chair of Transparency International

Paul Radu - Journalist and Executive Director of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project