DR is 135th of 180 countries in Corruption Perception Index
The Dominican Republic is on the bottom ranking of the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index. The index is developed by the global coalition against corruption, Transparency International. The DR scored 135th of 180 countries. In the Americas, only Honduras (135), Mexico (135), Paraguay (135), Guatemala (143), Nicaragua (151), Haiti (157), Venezuela (169) were perceived to be equally or more corrupt than the Dominican Republic.
The even worse news is that the Dominican Republic is not alone in its acquiescence in corruption. The index establishes that overall the 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index highlights that the majority of countries are making little or no progress in ending corruption, while further analysis shows journalists and activists in corrupt countries risking their lives every day in an effort to speak out.
The index ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean. This year, the index found that more than two-thirds of countries score below 50, with an average score of 43. Unfortunately, compared to recent years, this poor performance is nothing new.
Source: Dr1, Transperancy
Feb 25, 2018
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