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Thursday, August 15, 2013

CORRUPTION: The Most, The Least, By Country, and The Most By State





cor·rup·tion

[kuh-ruhp-shuhn] Show IPA
noun
1.
the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
2.
moral perversion; depravity.
3.
perversion of integrity.
4.
corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
5.

The World's Most Corrupt Nations, 2012

According to the annual survey by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International, Somalia, North Korea, and Afghanistan are perceived to be the most corrupt, Finland, Denmark, and New Zealand are perceived to be the world's least corrupt countries. For a list of the least corrupt nations, see World's Least Corrupt Countries. The index defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain and measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among a country's public officials and politicians. It is a composite index, drawing on 13 different expert and business surveys. The scores range from 100 (squeaky clean) to zero (highly corrupt). A score of 50 is the number Transparency International considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do not have a serious corruption problem. In the 2012 survey, two-thirds of countries scored below 50.
Country
rank
Country 2012
CPI Score
1. Somalia 8
  North Korea 8
  Afghanistan 8
4. Sudan 13
5. Myanmar 15
6. Uzbekistan 17
  Turkmenistan 17
8. Iraq 18
9. Venezuela 19
  Haiti 19
  Chad 19
  Burundi 19
13. Zimbabwe 20
  Equatorial Guinea 20
15. Libya 21
  Laos 21
  Congo, Democratic Republic of 21
18. Tajikistan 22
  Cambodia 22
  Angola 22
Source: Transparency International, 2011. Web: www.transparency.org .

Read more: The World's Most Corrupt Nations, 2012 | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/most-corrupt-countries.html#ixzz2c3L1ugcm


The World's Least Corrupt Nations, 2012

According to the annual survey by the Berlin-based organization Transparency International, Denmark, Finland, and New Zealand are perceived to be the world's least corrupt countries, and Somalia, North Korea, and Afghanistan are perceived to be the most corrupt. For a list of the most corrupt nations, see World's Most Corrupt Countries. The index defines corruption as the abuse of public office for private gain and measures the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among a country's public officials and politicians. It is a composite index, drawing on 13 different expert and business surveys. The scores range from 100 (squeaky clean) to zero (highly corrupt). A score of 50 is the number Transparency International considers the borderline figure distinguishing countries that do and do not have a serious corruption problem. In the 2012 survey, two-thirds of countries scored below 50.
Country
rank
Country 2012
CPI Score
1. Denmark 90
  Finland 90
  New Zealand 90
4. Sweden 88
5. Singapore 87
6. Switzerland 86
7. Australia 85
  Norway 85
9. Netherlands 84
  Canada 84
11. Iceland 82
12. Luxembourg 80
13. Germany 79
14. Hong Kong 77
  Barbados 76
16. Belgium 75
17. Japan 74
  United Kingdom 74
19. United States 73
20. Chile 72
Source: Transparency International, 2012. Web: www.transparency.org .


What's Your State's Grade?

Open records laws with hundreds of exemptions. Budget decisions made behind closed doors. Ethics panels that haven’t met in years.
Those are among the examples of corruption risk we found in the State Integrity Investigation, an unprecedented examination of America’s state capitols. The bottom line? Not a single state earned an A grade in the year-long investigation. Half the states earned D’s or F’s. Find out what your state is doing right and wrong.  See your state’s report card.

50 states and no winners

Some states are making progress toward cleaning up their capitols. Yet many states’ anti-corruption laws are riddled with loopholes or barely enforced. Read an article on the Investigation's findings by Caitlin Ginley of the Center for Public Integrity.

         Source: http://www.stateintegrity.org/

Want to research on your own? Try: http://cmrji.com/index.html
                                                                  http://www.stateintegrity.org/your_state
                                                                http://www.transparency.org/cpi2012/results

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