AllAfrica.com reported TI’s criticisms, but also stated that the civil society organisation leading the global fight against corruption felt the G8 statement pointed "to a maturing understanding of corruption and numbered days for impunity of public officials".

Meanwhile the Russian news agency Novosti indicated that the G8 leaders had called on "presidents of international development banks to prepare a strategy for the fight against corruption by September 2006."

Acknowledging the G8 agreement, the White House released a detailed proposal for a new corruption strategy on 10 August. The policy was described by the Washington Post as "a new global campaign … to combat kleptocracy, or rampant government corruption," also quoting President Bush’s accompanying remarks: "Kleptocracy is an obstacle to democratic progress, undermines faith in government institutions, and steals prosperity from the people".