沃尔芬森认为腐败是发展进程的组成部分，又向前迈出了有价值的一步，因为过去在某些官僚圈子里，即使提一下“腐败”这个词似乎都是很忌讳的。
Wolfensohn’s insistence that corruption be confronted as part of the development process was another valuable step forward. It used to be that even mentioning corruption in some official circles was considered taboo.