USA Today: Double-dealing: World's most corrupt countries
BERLIN — Denmark may not have a lot in common with North Korea and Somalia but all three nations placed first in their respective categories on the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index released Wednesday by Transparency International, a Berlin-based organization that tracks perceived levels of public sector fraud and dishonesty worldwide.
For the second year running Denmark, the index showed, is the country with especially "high levels of press freedom; access to budget information so the public knows where money comes from and how it is spent; high levels of integrity among people in power; and judiciaries that don’t differentiate between rich and poor, and that are truly independent from other parts of government."
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WNU Editor: Transparency International's website is here. Its annual Corruption Perceptions Index is here.
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Report Lists Somalia, North Korea as World's Most Corrupt Countries -- VOA
Report: Denmark is least corrupt; Somalia, N.Korea the most -- AP
Where does your country rank in latest corruption index? -- Euronews
Brazil, Turkey Among Top Decliners in Global Corruption Ranking -- Bloomberg
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Brazil sees worst decline in global corruption rankings -- Reuters
Brazil in steep slide on corruption index: Transparency International -- AFP
Russia’s Corruption Levels See Biggest Decrease Since 2012 – Watchdog -- Sputnik
Australia continues slide down International Corruption Index, perceived as 'more corrupt' -- ABC News (Australia).
Here’s this year’s (flawed) Corruption Perception Index. Those flaws are useful. -- Washington Post
I wonder how many bribes were taken in the making of this report :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent question Caecus. Additional questions I might ask are as follows: 1.) In countries that don't have a free press and there exists little oversight of top government and business officials, there will be little to no reported "corruption" as there is no one to actually find it. As such, these countries would expect to score quite low on a raw score of corruption. Is this account for in the study? 2.)In countries such as the United States where there exists a vigorous and often hostile free press where taking down big business leaders is sport that carries little cost to the investigative media and has huge potential for financial gain along with much prestige. In America, the same applies to government investigators. Taking down a business mogul or large corporation results in huge gain to the officials who do this along with minimal risk should they fail. Furthermore, while there is some risk to the investigative journalist should they choose to investigate Democrats for corruption, it's relatively minor and would not outweigh the cost to the journalist to pursue this. As for investigating Republicans, there is no risk associated with that, only the possibility of gain. In such an environment, a country such as the USA, should expect to score as one of the most corrupt nations on earth in a raw score as there exists a bright light on much of this stuff, especially in the corporate world, making it quite easy to detect. Is this accounted for in the study?
ReplyDeletewhile I will read the article later today and must admit as of now I have not read it, I suspect it does not account for these factors and, while I'm sure it is an interesting read, it is likely not worth the bandwidth it takes up or paper someone could print it on as a tool to determine the actual level of corruption in a given country.
Transparency International documents their medodology on their website.
Deletehttp://www.transparency.org/cpi2013/in_detail
They have been publishing this report annually, since 1994.
It is generally acknowledged by everyone, ( including Russia, China, etc.) as "accurate" except by the NORK's and half a dozen African Warlords .
I am disappointed in France, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Brasil and U.S.
ReplyDeleteOh Well.
Nobody beats the U.S.
ReplyDeleteA study just released finds that "America’s 20 wealthiest people — a group that could fit comfortably in one single Gulfstream G650 luxury jet — now own more wealth than the bottom half of the American population combined, a total of 152 million people in 57 million households.”--zerohedge