The IOC also left it up to individual sport federations to decide whether Russian athletes in their sport can compete in Rio. The source description document has also been updated to clarify the underlying questions asked by the CPI sources and how this data is used in the CPI calculations.The International Olympic Committee decided against excluding all Russian athletes, and has instead banned those who have previously served a doping suspension. Global and regional results graphics: ZIPĭue to errors in the 20 CPIs some content has been amended in the 2016 CPI web section.
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Global map graphic and results table: JPG | PDF.Previous Corruption Perceptions Index results.Analysis: ' Corruption and inequality: how populists mislead people'.Press release: 'Vicious circle of corruption and inequality must be tackled: Rise of populist politicians in many countries is a warning signal' | عربي | Español | Français | Português | Русский.In Ghana, for example, voters voiced their dissatisfaction with the government's corruption record at the polls where, for the first time in Ghana's history, an incumbent president was voted out. Sub Saharan Africa: 2016 saw elections across the African continent with the results providing a good reflection of corruption trends in the region. This explains the sharp drop of most of Arab countries on the 2016 index – 90 percent of these have scored below 50, which is a failing grade. Middle East and North Africa: Despite the political changes that shook the Arab region six years ago, the hope for Arab countries to fight corruption and end impunity has not seen any progress yet. The stagnation also does not indicate that the fight against corruption has improved, but rather the opposite. However, this does not mean that the region is immune from corruption. Read moreĮurope and Central Asia: There are no drastic changes in Europe and Central Asia on this year’s index, with only a few exceptions. Poor performance can be attributed to unaccountable governments, lack of oversight, insecurity and shrinking space for civil society, pushing anti-corruption action to the margins in those countries. Read moreĪsia Pacific: Unfortunately, the majority of Asia Pacific countries sit in the bottom half of this year’s Corruption Perceptions Index. Learn more about public sector corruption in your region below.Īmericas: From the Panama Papers in April to the record US$3.5 billion Odebrecht settlement in Brazil in December, 2016 was a good year in the fight against corruption in the Americas. While the most obvious forms of corruption may not scar citizens' daily lives in all these places, the higher-ranked countries are not immune to closed-door deals, conflicts of interest, illicit finance, and patchy law enforcement that can distort public policy and exacerbate corruption at home and abroad.Ĭorruption hurts all countries, in every region of the world. But high-scoring countries can't afford to be complacent, either. Higher-ranked countries tend to have higher degrees of press freedom, access to information about public expenditure, stronger standards of integrity for public officials, and independent judicial systems. This kind of systemic grand corruption violates human rights, prevents sustainable development and fuels social exclusion. Cases like Petrobras and Odebrecht in Brazil or the saga of ex-President Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine show how collusion between businesses and politicians siphons off billions of dollars in revenue from national economies, benefitting the few at the expense of the many. Grand corruption thrives in such settings.
People frequently face situations of bribery and extortion, rely on basic services that have been undermined by the misappropriation of funds, and confront official indifference when seeking redress from authorities that are on the take. Even where anti-corruption laws are on the books, in practice they're often skirted or ignored.
The lower-ranked countries in our index are plagued by untrustworthy and badly functioning public institutions like the police and judiciary. More countries declined than improved in this year's results, showing the urgent need for committed action to thwart corruption. ( Read more about the linkages between corruption, inequality and populism.) Yet this is likely to exacerbate – rather than resolve – the tensions that fed the populist surge in the first place. Increasingly, people are turning to populist leaders who promise to break the cycle of corruption and privilege. When traditional politicians fail to tackle corruption, people grow cynical. The interplay of corruption and inequality also feeds populism. – José Ugaz, Chair of Transparency International In too many countries, people are deprived of their most basic needs and go to bed hungry every night because of corruption, while the powerful and corrupt enjoy lavish lifestyles with impunity.”
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