1. Fifth Global Forum on Reinventing Government
Mexico City
Miklos Marschall
Executive Director
Transparency International
November 5, 2003

2. Corruption is the abuse of
What is corruption?
Corruption is the abuse of
entrusted power for
private gain

3. Why fight corruption? Corruption undermines good government.
It fundamentally distorts public policy.
It leads to the misallocation of resources.
It harms the private sector and private sector development.
It particularly hurts the poor.

4. The Concept of a National Integrity System
SUSTAIN-
ABLE
DEVELOP-
MENT
RULE OF
LAW
QUALITY OF
LIFE
N A T I O N A L I N T E G R I T Y
LEGISLATURE
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIARY
AUDITOR GENERAL
OMBUDSMAN
WATCHDOG AGENCIES
PUBLIC SERVICE
MEDIA
CIVIL SOCIETY
PRIVATE SECTOR
INTERNATIONAL ACTORS
P U B L I C A W A R E N E S S
S O C I E T Y’ S V A L U E S

5. The Concept of a National Integrity System
PRIVATE
S O C I E T Y’ S V A L U E S
P U B L I C A W A R E N E S S
QUALITY
LIFE OF
RULE
LAW
AUDITOR GENERAL
OMBUDSMAN
WATCHDOG AGENCIES
PUBLIC SERVICE
LEGISLATURE
EXECUTIVE
JUDICIARY
N A T I O N A L I N T E G R I T Y
CIVIL
SECTOR
SOCIETY
INTERNATION
L ACTORS
MEDIA
SUSTAIN-ABLE DEVELOP-MENT

6. Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)
It ranks countries in terms of the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians.
The 2003 CPI ranks 133 countries.
It is a composite index, drawing on 17 different polls and surveys from 13 independent institutions carried out among business people and country analysts, including surveys of residents, both local and expatriate

7. Countries perceived as being most corrupt
CPI 2003 Ranking
Countries perceived as being least corrupt
Rank
Country
Score
Surveys used 1.
Finland
9.7 8 2.
Iceland
9.6 7 3.
Denmark
New Zealand
9.5 9
Countries perceived as being most corrupt
Rank
Country
Score
Surveys used
131.
Haiti
1.5 5
132.
Nigeria
1.4 9
133.
Bangladesh
1.3 8

8. CPI 2003 Ranking - I Country rank Country CPI 2003 score Surveys used1
Finland
9.7 8 2
Iceland
9.6 7 3
Denmark
9.5 9
New Zealand 5
Singapore
9.4 12 6
Sweden
9.3 11
Netherlands
8.9
Australia
8.8
Norway
Switzerland
Canada
8.7
Luxembourg
United Kingdom 13 14
Austria
8.0
Hong Kong 16
Germany
7.7 17
Belgium
7.6

9. CPI 2003 Ranking – II Country rank Country CPI 2003 score Surveys used18
Ireland
7.5 9
USA 13 20
Chile
7.4 12 21
Israel
7.0 10
Japan 23
France
6.9
Spain 11 25
Portugal
6.6 26
Oman
6.3 4 27
Bahrain
6.1 3
Cyprus 29
Slovenia
5.9 30
Botswana
5.7 6
Taiwan 32
Qatar
5.6

10. CPI 2003 Ranking – III Country rank Country CPI 2003 score
Surveys used 33
Estonia
5.5 12
Uruguay 7 35
Italy
5.3 11
Kuwait 4 37
Malaysia
5.2 13
United Arab Emirates 3 39
Tunisia
4.9 6 40
Hungary
4.8 41
Lithuania
4.7 10
Namibia 43
Cuba
4.6
Jordan
Trinidad and Tobago 46
Belize
4.5
Saudi Arabia

11. CPI 2003 Ranking – IV Country rank Country CPI 2003 score Surveys used48
Mauritius
4.4 5
South Africa 12 50
Costa Rica
4.3 8
Greece 9
South Korea 53
Belarus
4.2 54
Brazil
3.9
Bulgaria 10
Czech Republic 57
Jamaica
3.8
Latvia 7 59
Colombia
3.7 11
Croatia
El Salvador
Peru
Slovakia

12. CPI 2003 Ranking – V Country rank Country CPI 2003 score Surveys used64
Mexico
3.6 12
Poland 14 66
China
3.4 13
Panama 7
Sri Lanka
Syria 4 70
Bosnia and Herzegovina
3.3 6
Dominican Republic
Egypt 9
Ghana
Morocco 5
Thailand 76
Senegal
3.2 77
Turkey
3.1

13. CPI 2003 Ranking – VI Country rank Country CPI 2003 score Surveys used78
Armenia
3.0 5
Iran 4
Lebanon
Mali 3
Palestine 83
India
2.8 14
Malawi
Romania 12 86
Mozambique
2.7
Russia 16 88
Algeria
2.6
Madagascar
Nicaragua 7
Yemen

14. CPI 2003 Ranking – VII Country rank Country CPI 2003 score
Surveys used 92
Albania
2.5 5
Argentina 12
Ethiopia
Gambia 4
Pakistan 7
Philippines
Tanzania 6
Zambia
100
Guatemala
2.4 8
Kazakhstan
Moldova
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam

15. CPI 2003 Ranking – VIII Country rank Country CPI 2003 score
Surveys used
106
Bolivia
2.3 6
Honduras 7
Macedonia 5
Serbia & Montenegro
Sudan 4
Ukraine 10
Zimbabwe
113
Congo, Republic of the
2.2 3
Ecuador 8
Iraq
Sierra Leone
Uganda
118
Cote d’Ivoire
2.1
Kyrgyzstan
Libya
Papua New Guinea

16. CPI 2003 Ranking – IX Country rank Country CPI 2003 score Surveys used
122
Indonesia
1.9 13
Kenya 7
124
Angola
1.8 3
Azerbaijan
Cameroon 5
Georgia 6
Tajikistan
129
Myanmar
1.6
Paraguay
131
Haiti
1.5
132
Nigeria
1.4 9
133
Bangladesh
1.3 8

17. Bribe Payers Index
This survey ranks 21 leading countries in terms of the degree to which their corporations are perceived to be paying bribes abroad.
The BPI is undertaken for TI by Gallup International (GIA) in 15 leading emerging and transition market economies.
It shows that companies from many leading exporting nations are widely seen as using bribes to win business.

18. BPI 2002 Ranking Country’s companies least likely to pay bribes
Score 1.
Australia
8.5 2.
Sweden
8.4
Switzerland
Country’s companies most likely to pay bribes
Rank
Country
Score
19.
Taiwan
3.8
20.
China
3.5
21.
Russia
3.2

19. Sectors most prone to bribery
Source: TI Bribe Payers Index 2002

20. Global Corruption Barometer
Commissioned from Gallup International by TI with Fredrik Galtung
Measures attitudes towards corruption and expectations of future corruption levels
Over time, it will be able to measure trends in attitudes
Covers 47 countries globally

21. Global Corruption Barometer - Trends
Corruption‘s impact on
personal life
businesss environment
political life

22. Global Corruption Barometer - Trends
Most corrupt sectors/branches as perceived by the public
1. Political parties (29.7%)
2. Courts (13.7%)
3. Police (11.5%)

23. Optimists and Pessimists
The optimists:
Columbia, Croatia, Indonesia and Ireland
The uncertain:
Costa Rica and Nigeria
The pessimists:
Cameroon, Georgia, India, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa and Turkey