In June, Transparency International released its annual rankings of corruption among the world’s nations, finding Bangladesh to be the most corrupt nation in the world, with several African countries joining it the sort of top 10 most people would not want their country to place in.
Transparency International, a nonprofit organization that aims to reduce corruption, ranked the countries of the world on a scale of one to 10 based on various factors. While nations such as Finland, Denmark and Iceland all scored above 9, Bangladesh bottomed out the list with a mere 0.4.
As Transparency International chairman Peter Eigen said in a press release, it is “essential that corrupt governments do not steal from their own people. This is now an urgent priority if lives are to be saved.”
One wonders if the governments in question will actually hear, much less act, on that message. The other nine most corrupt nations were, in order beginning with the most corrupt: Nigeria, Uganda, Indonesia, Kenya, Cameroon, Bolivia, Azerbaijan, the Ukraine, and Tanzania.
Sources:
Africans among worst in ‘corruption league’. The BBC, June 27, 2001.
New index highlights worldwide corruption crisis, says Transparency International. Transparency International, press release, June 27, 2001.
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