What did the others say? Observations on the CPI in the media

by Georg Neumann on 8:36 pm on Wednesday, 18. November 2009 | 3 Comments

The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index has been launched. As every year, and maybe more than ever, it stirred a lot of needed debate and attention to the issue of corruption around the world. The attention the index received this year showed that the greed and lack of transparency that were at the heart of the [...]

Corruption Perceptions Index 2009: What does a number mean to you?

by Michael Sidwell on 12:00 pm on Tuesday, 17. November 2009 | 27 Comments

A quick search on the internet for country rankings returns thousands of results. Some tell you that Costa Rica is the happiest country in the world, while others label Germany the most beloved. Transparency International’s 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) will also show up. 180 countries ranked according to their perceived level of public sector [...]

New report: Connecting Corruption and Human Rights

by Craig Fagan on 3:43 pm on Friday, 12. June 2009 | No Comments

Human rights and corruption are not always connected as being integral parts of the same power game of abuses – political, economic, social and cultural. Yet the ties between them have been growing stronger for too long as corruption is increasingly used as a means and ends to human rights violations:

The stealing of oil revenues [...]

Have you paid a bribe last year?

by Georg Neumann on 10:00 am on Wednesday, 3. June 2009 | 5 Comments

Have you paid a bribe in the previous 12 months? This is one of the multitude of questions Transparency International asked more than 73.000 people in 69 countries to address, in the 2009 Global Corruption Barometer, published today, 3 June.
The Barometer is a global public opinion survey that looks at perceptions and experiences of ordinary [...]

Global Corruption Barometer: The human dimension

by Jesse Garcia on 4:44 pm on Wednesday, 13. May 2009 | 8 Comments

Transparency International wants to hear your story!
The Global Corruption Barometer is a global public opinion survey commissioned by Transparency International, which looks at the corruption-related perceptions and experiences of ordinary people. It asks people which institutions most frequently extort bribes, which institutions are perceived to be most compromised by corruption, and asks a whole host [...]