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RP scores minor 'improvement' in corruption index


Despite scoring a minor improvement, the Philippines continues to be perceived as "highly corrupt" in a global corruption index compiled by an international anti-corruption group. The Philippines ranked 134th out of 178 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index for 2010, with a score of 2.4, and was 26th out of 33 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. [Click here to download report.] It was lumped in the ninth of 10 categories, with those in the last category being considered "highly corrupt," according to the report posted on TI's website Tuesday night. Also in the list of "highly corrupt" countries in the index were Algeria, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Senegal, Benin, Bolivia, Gabon, Indonesia, Kosovo, Solomon Islands, Ethiopia, Guyana, Mali, Mongolia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Vietnam, Armenia, Eritrea, Madagascar, Niger, Belarus, Ecuador, Lebanon, Nicaragua, Syria, Timor-Leste, Uganda, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Honduras, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Nepal, Paraguay, Yemen, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Tajikistan, Congo, Guinea, Kyrgyztan, and Venezuela. Denmark topped the 2010 CPI with a score of 9.3. The top 10 included New Zealand (9.3), Singapore (9.3), Finland (9.2), Sweden (9.2), Canada (8.9), Netherlands (8.8), Australia (8.7), Switzerland (8.7), and Norway (8.6). At the bottom were Somalia (1.1), Myanmar (1.4), Afghanistan (1.4), Iraq (1.5), Uzbekistan (1.6), Turkmenistan (1.6), Sudan (1.6), Chad (1.7), Burundi (1.8) and Equatorial Guinea (1.9). It was a slight improvement for the Philippines, which ranked 139th among 180 countries in TI's CPI for 2009. The Philippines' score last year was also 2.4. In 2008, the Philippines was ranked 141st with a score of 2.3. - KBK, GMANews.TV

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