Hard graft – rising to the challenge

Governments of emerging economies around the world, in widely differing political systems, are striving to curb corruption: the aim is common but not the pace as FI correspondents report: Raghavendra Verma, from New Delhi; Wang Fangqing, in Shanghai; Heba Hashem, in Dubai; Paul Cochrane, in Pietermaritzburg; Elizabeth Machuca, in Mexico City; with contributions as well from Poorna Rodrigo and Keith Nuthall.