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The Americas: How 2015 was a warning to the corrupt

27 January 2016 in Americas

En español View the 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index results We witnessed two remarkable trends in the Americas in 2015: the uncovering of grand corruption networks and the mass mobilisation of citizens against corruption. It’s no surprise that Brazil – which faced its largest-ever corruption scandal around Petrobras – is this year’s biggest index decliner in the Americas, yet […]

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Corrupción en las Américas: ¿El Bueno, el Malo y el Feo?

3 December 2014 in Miscellaneous

El Índice de Percepción de la Corrupción 2014 no muestra movimiento significativo en las calificaciones de los países de la región. Para los más sínicos, esto es una buena señal pues siempre existe la posibilidad de retroceder, de estar peor. La realidad es que esto no es buena noticia, pues cada año que pasa y […]

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Corruption in the Americas: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly?

3 December 2014 in Access to information, Accountability, Americas, Anti-corruption movement, Civil society, Cost of Corruption, Human rights, Impunity, People power, Politics and government, Poverty and development, Private sector, Sport, Whistleblowing

The 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index does not show significant movement in the scores of the countries in the Americas. For the more cynical among us, this is a good sign as there is always the possibility of worsening. But the reality is that stagnation is not good news. Each year that passes without things improving, […]

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