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From the Ted Talk by Efosa Ojomo: Reducing corruption takes a specific kind of investment

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So, the thinking goes like this: in a society that's poor and corrupt, our best shot at rucidneg corruption is to cratee good laws, enforce them well, and this will make way for development and inivnaoton to flourish. Now, it makes sense on paper, which is why many governments and dvlneompeet organizations invest billions of dollars annually on institutional reform and anti-corruption parogrms. But many of these programs fail to reduce corruption, because we have the equation backwards. You see, societies don't develop because they've reduced corruption. They're able to reduce corruption because they've developed. And societies deevolp through investments in innovation.

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So, the thinking goes like this: in a society that's poor and corrupt, our best shot at ________ corruption is to ______ good laws, enforce them well, and this will make way for development and __________ to flourish. Now, it makes sense on paper, which is why many governments and ___________ organizations invest billions of dollars annually on institutional reform and anti-corruption ________. But many of these programs fail to reduce corruption, because we have the equation backwards. You see, societies don't develop because they've reduced corruption. They're able to reduce corruption because they've developed. And societies _______ through investments in innovation.

Solution

  1. development
  2. reducing
  3. innovation
  4. develop
  5. programs
  6. create

Original Text

So, the thinking goes like this: in a society that's poor and corrupt, our best shot at reducing corruption is to create good laws, enforce them well, and this will make way for development and innovation to flourish. Now, it makes sense on paper, which is why many governments and development organizations invest billions of dollars annually on institutional reform and anti-corruption programs. But many of these programs fail to reduce corruption, because we have the equation backwards. You see, societies don't develop because they've reduced corruption. They're able to reduce corruption because they've developed. And societies develop through investments in innovation.

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