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Chile - Transparency International report: least corrupt country in LATAM
October 27, 2010 Analysis of: The 2010 Corruption index Report | www.transparency.orgSummary
Chile - Transparency International report: Chile is the least corrupt country in Latin America
According to the agency; Chile is one of the most improved countries in this respect, ranking even above the U.S., France and Spain.
According to the agency; Chile is one of the most improved countries in this respect, ranking even above the U.S., France and Spain.
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Chile - Transparency International report: Chile is the least corrupt country in Latin America
According to the agency; Chile is one of the most improved countries in this respect, ranking even above the U.S., France and Spain.
According to the agency; Chile is one of the most improved countries in this respect, ranking even above the U.S., France and Spain.
Chile is the least corrupt country in Latin America. This was determined by the annual report of Transparency International, released today in Berlin-City-based agency that places Chile in the number 21 world ranking, ranging from the least corrupt to most corrupt.
The corruption index of Transparency International is based on 13 surveys of business people and experts, conducted between January 2009 and September 2010.
The report says Somalia is the world's most corrupt country, followed by Afghanistan, Myanmar and Iraq, while at the other end of the scale, the least corrupt countries are Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore tied for first place.
Of the 178 countries surveyed, nearly three-quarters were below the rate of 5 on a scale of zero to the most corrupt and 10 for the cleanest.
The least corrupt country in the Americas is Canada (since 6) followed by Barbados (17) and then the cleanest country in Latin America, Chile (21).
Displayed behind the United States (22), Uruguay (24), Puerto Rico (33), Costa Rica (41), Dominica (44), Brazil and Cuba (69), El Salvador, Panama and Trinidad Tobago (73), Colombia and Peru (78), Jamaica (87), Guatemala (91), Mexico (98), Dominican Republic (101), Argentina (105), Bolivia (110), Guyana (116), Ecuador and Nicaragua (127), Honduras (134), Haiti and Paraguay (146), Venezuela (164).
Britain is ranked 20, France (25), Israel and Spain (30), Italy (67), China and Greece (78), Pakistan (143), Russia (154). The latter, Somalia, is ranked 178.
Among the most improved countries are Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Bhutan, Gambia, Qatar, Kuwait and Macedonia.
The corruption index of Transparency International is based on 13 surveys of business people and experts, conducted between January 2009 and September 2010.
The report says Somalia is the world's most corrupt country, followed by Afghanistan, Myanmar and Iraq, while at the other end of the scale, the least corrupt countries are Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore tied for first place.
Of the 178 countries surveyed, nearly three-quarters were below the rate of 5 on a scale of zero to the most corrupt and 10 for the cleanest.
The least corrupt country in the Americas is Canada (since 6) followed by Barbados (17) and then the cleanest country in Latin America, Chile (21).
Displayed behind the United States (22), Uruguay (24), Puerto Rico (33), Costa Rica (41), Dominica (44), Brazil and Cuba (69), El Salvador, Panama and Trinidad Tobago (73), Colombia and Peru (78), Jamaica (87), Guatemala (91), Mexico (98), Dominican Republic (101), Argentina (105), Bolivia (110), Guyana (116), Ecuador and Nicaragua (127), Honduras (134), Haiti and Paraguay (146), Venezuela (164).
Britain is ranked 20, France (25), Israel and Spain (30), Italy (67), China and Greece (78), Pakistan (143), Russia (154). The latter, Somalia, is ranked 178.
Among the most improved countries are Chile, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica, Bhutan, Gambia, Qatar, Kuwait and Macedonia.
Bernardo Javalquinto
Economista
University of Maryland
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