Thursday, December 9, 2010

Corruption index: global bribery and corruption worldwide ranked by Transparency International | Global development | guardian.co.uk

Corruption index: global bribery and corruption worldwide ranked by Transparency International | Global development | guardian.co.uk: "If Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer, published today, is to be believed, global efforts to curb corruption are failing fairly dismally. The GCB differs from the more famous Corruption Perceptions Index because it is a poll of ordinary citizens, not experts.

Asked if they thought corruption had got better or worse in the last three years, 91,000 working men and women around the world have given their emphatic response. 85% of Asians, 89% of Latin Americans, 76% of Africans, and a headline-worthy 97% of Europeans say that corruption has either stayed the same or got worse. So much for the world being on a trajectory towards the bright uplands of transparency and accountability. We appear to be moving backwards."

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