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Corruption Perceptions Index

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) measures the levels of perceived corruption in a country's government and public administrations. A "10" indicates a perfectly clean country whereas a "0" refers to a country where business transactions are entirely penetrated by corruption involving extortion, fraud, etc.

Singapore was ranked 4th cleanest country to conduct business in, based on the CPI released by Transparency International on 27th June 2001, in a press conference in Paris.

The least corrupt country was Finland with a CPI score of 9.9, followed by Denmark (9.5) and New Zealand (9.4) respectively. Iceland was ranked fourth alongside Singapore with its score of 9.2 points. On the end of the scale was Bangladesh with 0.4 points.

Corruption Perceptions Index for Singapore 

Year	Position	Corruption Peceptions  Index  Score	Search
1995	Third	8.8 points
1996	Seventh	9.26 points
1997	Ninth	8.66 points
1998	Seventh	9.1 points
1999	Seventh	9.1 points
2000	Fifth	9.1 points	(tied with Iceland and Norway)
2001	Fourth	9.2 points	(tied with Iceland)

Transparency International
Transparency International is a non-governmental organisation based in Berlin, Germany, with an agenda dedicated to increasing government accountability and curbing both international and national corruption. Founded in 1993, it has National Chapters in more than 70 countries.

The Corruption Perceptions Index was first launched in 1995. It ranks countries in terms of the degree of perceived corruption. The perceptions are based on the results of polls carried out amongst international businessmen, analysts and the public.



Author
Peter Pak © National Library Board, 2001



References
Corruption index based on 7 polls of businessmen, newsmen. (1995, August 26). The Straits Times, p. 2.

Spore ranked fifth in graft-free index. (2000, September 14). The Straits Times, p. 37.

Spore ranked 4th least-corrupt nation. (2001, June 29). The Straits Times, p. 2.

Spore slips to No.7 in global anti-graft survey. (1996, June 3). The Straits Times, p. 3.

Internet Center for Corruption Research. (n.d.). Retrieved October 22, 2003, from wwwuser.gwdg.de/~uwvw/

Transparency International. (1993). Transparency International. Retrieved October 22, 2003, from www.transparency.org/ 

The information in this article is valid as at 2001 and correct as far as we are able to ascertain from our sources. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or complete history of the subject. Please contact the Library for further reading materials on the topic.

Subject
Politics and Government>>National Security
Corruptions--Singapore--Statistics
People and communities>>Social problems>>Crimes and delinquency
Law and government>>Regulatory role>>Corrupt Practices
Law and government>>Public administration



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