International Essay Competition

The World Bank invites you to participate in the International Essay
Competition 2007:

WANTED – Your Practical Ideas Today is your world! You are making a difference. Tell us how
corruption affects your daily life as youth and what you can do to overcome it. Participate now and have your voice heard! The World Bank and its partners invite you to participate in the International Essay Competition 2007 to share your experience and ideas on fighting corruption.

Answer both topic questions:
1) How does corruption affect your life?
2) What can you do to fight the corruption that you face?

If you have been personally involved in concrete initiatives, write specifically about your experience: How did you recognize corruption? Who have you worked with? Who have you helped? What have you accomplished? In what way would you consider this work to be
innovative? How have you measured the results of your work? How would you improve your impact? How can other youth replicate your experience? If you don’t have practical experience, write specifically about your ideas:
How would you work to fight the corruption that you face?
How long should your essay be?

Your essay may not be longer than 10 pages (4000 words maximum), 1.5 line-spaced.
You are also required to provide an abstract of no more than one page. An abstract is a short summary in which you explain the aim, the methodology, the reasoning and the main conclusions of your paper.
The abstract will be used by the jury to make a pre-selection. You may submit your paper and abstract in English, French or Spanish PRIZES $5,000 & $1,000

Deadline for submission: March 15, 2007

Participants: Students and non-students alike, between 18 and 25 years of age (born in the years 1982 – 1989)

To know more and to submit, please visit: http://www.essaycom petition. org