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greece, bulgaria, romania and macedonia singled out as the most corrupt countries |
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Thursday, 19 November 2009The Transparency International, a global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption, released 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index on Tuesday (17th of November, 2009). The index included 180 countries and scored them on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption).
While Highest scorers in the 2009 CPI are New Zealand at 9.4, Denmark at 9.3, Singapore and Sweden tied at 9.2 and Switzerland at 9.0; the three nations of the EU, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania and a candidate nation Macedonia were occupied 71st place in the Berlin-based international watchdog's annual Corruption Perception Index (CPI). Each of the four received a score of 3.8 points on a scale of zero which means these countries have serious shortages regarding political stability, long-established conflict of interest regulations and solid, functioning public institutions.
Huguette Labelle, Chair of Transparency International said that ìstemming corruption requires strong oversight by parliaments, a well performing judiciary, independent and properly resourced audit and anti-corruption agencies, vigorous law enforcement, transparency in public budgets, revenue and aid flows, as well as space for independent media and a vibrant civil society,î and continued ìthe international community must find efficient ways to help war-torn countries to develop and sustain their own institutions.î
The survey is accessible via the link: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009
Muzaffer Vatansever
USAK, Balkan Studies.
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Thursday, 19 November 2009
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