President John F. Kennedy declared to Americans, “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” In too many countries we see politicians, officials and business people asking, “What can my country do for me?”… the combination of a rising educated middle-class in much of Latin America, the globalization of business, the scale and speed of today’s capital markets, the revolution in information technologies and the dynamic growth of civil society – all these trends are combining to promote transparency and accountability.