The financial crisis will widen the gulf between countries in governance and corruption, a leading expert says, with some states hastening reforms but others using economic distress to justify doing nothing.
Daniel Kaufmann, a senior Brookings Institute scholar and former World Bank governance head, said he expected to see countries improving or deteriorating faster over the next year, depending on the quality of leadership.
Those with better governance and institutions would rebound from the downturn faster, he said.
"Among one group, reformists will promote change ... contrasting with those with weak leadership where the crisis is a useful excuse to put off reforms, resulting in worsening governments," he told Reuters in a telephone interview from Washington.
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