Thursday, November 29, 2012

CORRUPTION: ABOUT BRIC ECONOMIES AND SOME MORE

Transparency International’s corruption index kills Russia’s image

Further to that, there have also been allegations against the party of using illicit funds for the election campaign, where Lula’s chief of staff Jose Dirceu, is now directly accused of corruption.

Though the rankings have been more or less as per expectations, a stunning surprise is Russia, whose malevolently glorious CPI score of 2.4 gifts it an equally glorious rank of 126 out of 180 countries covered. Even countries like Zambia, Vietnam, and Nicaragua are above Russia. Seen relative to the fact that even India – an accepted indolently corrupt nation – managed a rank of 85 [down from 72 last year], and communist China managed a rank of 72 Russia seems to be drowning faster than Medvedev’s media appearances. Does it matter to Putin? With a large and insolent oil supply, we guess not...


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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