Corruption Still Rampant in Most Countries
While the Sustainable Development Summit poured millions of dollars down the drain for speeches about ending poverty, Transparency International released its latest report outlining one of the major reasons why poverty endures in the developing world — corruption.
In its survey of 102 countries, more than two-thirds of the countries had ratings indicating that corruption is a major problem — including in the Sustainable Development Summit’s host country of South Africa.
As Transparency International’s chairman Peter Eigen said in a news conference, this ongoing endemic corruption in the developing world all but guarantees continuing poverty in these nations.
The 10 most corrupt nations in Transparency International’s 2002 rankings were.
1. Bangladesh
2. Nigeria
3. Paraguay
4. Madagascar
5. Angola
6. Kenya
7. Indonesia
8. Azerbaijan
9. Uganda
10. Moldova
The complete rankings are available at Transparency International’s web site at http://www.transparency.org/.
Sources:
Corruption ‘rampant’ in two-thirds of countries. Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters, August 28, 2002.
Transparency International
Corruption Perceptions Index 2002. Transparency International, August 28, 2002.
The Corruption Still Rampant in Most Countries by Brian Carnell, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
Tags: Uncategorized