On 9 July 2013 Transparency International (TI) released its 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, the largest worldwide public opinion survey on corruption. Surveying 114,000 people across 107 countries, the Global Corruption Barometer highlights people’s direct experiences with bribery in their home countries and opinions on corruption in public, private, and religious institutions.
Some of TI’s findings include:
- Twenty-seven percent of respondents have paid a bribe when accessing public services and institutions in the last 12 months.
- Two-thirds of those who were asked to pay a bribe had refused.
- In 2008 31 percent of respondents said their government’s efforts to fight corruption were effective. This year it fell to 22 per cent.
- Nearly 9 in 10 people said they would act against corruption.
When comparing the results of TI’s Corruption Barometer with the IBP’s Open Budget Index, there is some correlation between countries that have a lower perception of corruption and those that have more budget transparency. Increasing budget transparency in countries that have a higher perception of corruption can be one way to close the loop to help stem corruption.
Source: Transparency International and IBP
Read more on the following link: http://www.transparency.org/gcb2013/report
