Transparency International urges bottom score states to take radical steps

Transparency International urges bottom score states to take radical steps

BY FRANK AMAN

22nd February 2015

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Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA)

A global coalition against corruption, Transparency International has called on countries at the bottom line of the 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index to adopt radical anti-corruption measures in favour of their people.

 

According to the 2014 CPI report recently published by the global accountability pressure group, corruption is a problem for all countries. A poor score is likely a sign of widespread bribery, lack of punishment for corruption and public institutions that don’t respond to citizens’ needs. 

 

In this context, Transparency International called on countries at the top of the index where public sector corruption is limited to stop encouraging it elsewhere by doing more to prevent money laundering and to stop secret companies from masking corruption

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