Sri Lanka, July 6 -- The recent spate of activity that lends to the perception that there is an ongoing active crackdown on corruption has various neutral observers saying there is no connection between corruption-busting, and the economy.

Why should there be a direct connection they ask? One prominent business tycoon whose day job seems to be making speeches in Parliament, recently said that crackdown on corruption doesn't bring in investors or something to that effect.

It can be asked in this context why the most corrupt countries, are also the poorest. This is a verifiable fact. If people cannot be bothered looking for evidence on how corruption-crackdowns spur economic growth, they can go in the reverse direction and try to find out...