Oct 26th 2010, 15:10 by The Economist online
Public-sector corruption remains a cause for concern
WITH scores of 9.3 out of 10, Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are the world's least corrupt countries, according to a new index from Transparency International, an anti-corruption watchdog. At the other end of the table, Somalia ranks bottom with a score of 1.1, ahead of Afghanistan and Myanmar. Worryingly, Brazil, Russia, India and China—the BRICs currently considered the global engine for economic growth—all score less than 4. The 178-country index is based on 13 surveys of experts and business people. These surveys are not standardised and the overall methodology changes from year to year, making it difficult to say whether a country has indeed done better or worse if its score alters. Still, Transparency International has identified 16 countries which showed improvements or declines since last year. Notable among these is America, which dropped from 7.5 (19th place) to 7.1 (22nd place). As in most developed countries, the issue is not bribery, but a lessening of political transparency (for instance in campaign finance) and regulatory oversight.
Correction: An early version of this map wrongly put France in the same dark orange category as Italy. But its score is actually 6.8. Apologies.
economist.com/blogs/dailychart
WITH scores of 9.3 out of 10, Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore are the world's least corrupt countries, according to a new index from Transparency International, an anti-corruption watchdog. At the other end of the table, Somalia ranks bottom with a score of 1.1, ahead of Afghanistan and Myanmar. Worryingly, Brazil, Russia, India and China—the BRICs currently considered the global engine for economic growth—all score less than 4. The 178-country index is based on 13 surveys of experts and business people. These surveys are not standardised and the overall methodology changes from year to year, making it difficult to say whether a country has indeed done better or worse if its score alters. Still, Transparency International has identified 16 countries which showed improvements or declines since last year. Notable among these is America, which dropped from 7.5 (19th place) to 7.1 (22nd place). As in most developed countries, the issue is not bribery, but a lessening of political transparency (for instance in campaign finance) and regulatory oversight.
Correction: An early version of this map wrongly put France in the same dark orange category as Italy. But its score is actually 6.8. Apologies.
economist.com/blogs/dailychart
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