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Survey: Most think corruption worse
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December 10, 2010, Friday
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PEOPLE in most of the world believe corruption has worsened over the past three years, with the global financial crisis fallout coloring their views, according to a survey released yesterday by an international watchdog.
Transparency International said that more than 91,000 people in 86 countries were surveyed between June and September for its Global Corruption Barometer survey.
Overall, 56 percent of respondents said corruption has increased in their country over the past three years, 30 percent said corruption levels have remained the same, and 14 percent saw a decrease.
Respondents in Europe, where 73 percent said they saw more corruption, and North America - where 67 percent reported a rise - were particularly pessimistic.
"The fallout of the financial crises continues to affect people's opinions of corruption, particularly in Europe and North America," said Huguette Labelle, Transparency's chairwoman. "Institutions everywhere must be resolute in their efforts to restore good governance on trust."
The anti-corruption campaign group said there were only two regions - the Asia-Pacific and the former Soviet Union - where less than half of respondents reported an increase in corruption over the past three years.
Overall, people reserved their greatest distrust for political parties, with 79 percent rating them corrupt or extremely corrupt. Around 60 percent rated public officials, parliaments and police as corrupt, while business and the private sector were viewed as corrupt by 51 percent.
Military and non-governmental organizations shared the best ratings, with only 30 percent viewing them as corrupt.
Transparency found that a quarter of respondents worldwide said they paid bribes to institutions over the past year - the police being the most frequent recipient.
According to the survey, people in more than 20 countries reported significantly more petty bribery than when asked in 2006.
In Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cameroon, India, Iraq, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda, 50 percent or more said they had paid a bribe in the past year.
Meanwhile, less than 6 percent said they had paid bribes in the US, Australia, South Korea and several European countries.
Transparency International said that more than 91,000 people in 86 countries were surveyed between June and September for its Global Corruption Barometer survey.
Overall, 56 percent of respondents said corruption has increased in their country over the past three years, 30 percent said corruption levels have remained the same, and 14 percent saw a decrease.
Respondents in Europe, where 73 percent said they saw more corruption, and North America - where 67 percent reported a rise - were particularly pessimistic.
"The fallout of the financial crises continues to affect people's opinions of corruption, particularly in Europe and North America," said Huguette Labelle, Transparency's chairwoman. "Institutions everywhere must be resolute in their efforts to restore good governance on trust."
The anti-corruption campaign group said there were only two regions - the Asia-Pacific and the former Soviet Union - where less than half of respondents reported an increase in corruption over the past three years.
Overall, people reserved their greatest distrust for political parties, with 79 percent rating them corrupt or extremely corrupt. Around 60 percent rated public officials, parliaments and police as corrupt, while business and the private sector were viewed as corrupt by 51 percent.
Military and non-governmental organizations shared the best ratings, with only 30 percent viewing them as corrupt.
Transparency found that a quarter of respondents worldwide said they paid bribes to institutions over the past year - the police being the most frequent recipient.
According to the survey, people in more than 20 countries reported significantly more petty bribery than when asked in 2006.
In Afghanistan, Cambodia, Cameroon, India, Iraq, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Uganda, 50 percent or more said they had paid a bribe in the past year.
Meanwhile, less than 6 percent said they had paid bribes in the US, Australia, South Korea and several European countries.
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