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Monday, December 9, 2013

Non-profit says Costa Rica still comes up short on corruption index

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In this study - conducted by a company called "Transparency International" - in their
Corruption Perceptions Index 2013
"Corruption Perceptions Index 2013" 
Costa Rica was ranked #49 out of 175 countries in the world as one of the LEAST CORRUPT countries in the world - meaning it's NOT as corrupt as say Panama and Nicaragua (the U.S. was #19).

Looks like not everyone in Costa Rica agrees with it.

The Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 serves as a reminder that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world.
The Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). No country has a perfect score, and two-thirds of countries score below 50. This indicates a serious, worldwide corruption problem. Hover on the map above to see how your country fares.
The world urgently needs a renewed effort to crack down on money laundering, clean up political finance, pursue the return of stolen assets and build more transparent public institutions.
- See more at: http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results/#myAnchor1
Their website says "Corruption Perceptions Index 2013 serves as a reminder that the abuse of power, secret dealings and bribery continue to ravage societies around the world.   The Index scores 177 countries and territories on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). No country has a perfect score, and two-thirds of countries score below 50. This indicates a serious, worldwide corruption problem. Hover on the map above to see how your country fares.  The world urgently needs a renewed effort to crack down on money laundering, clean up political finance, pursue the return of stolen assets and build more transparent public institutions.


The Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0 - 100, where 0 means that a country is perceived as highly corrupt and 100 means it is perceived as very clean. A country's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories included in the index. This year's index includes 177 countries and territories."

Hmmmm - so what do YOU think of these results based on YOUR experiences and observations in Costa Rica??? 


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A non-profit organization is not too impressed by the latest ranking of Costa Rica on a worldwide corruption index.

The country has not improved, said the organization, the Asociación Costa Rica Íntegra. It called upon official and presidential candidates to reinforce mechanisms to fight corruption.

The organization said that there is a lack of education that would reduce tolerance to corrupt practices and that the penalties and enforcement are imposed irregularly, if at all.

The index, - cpi.transparency.org/cpi2013/results - produced by Transparency International, gave Costa Rica 53 points out of a possible 100 based on the perception of corruption gathered by five surveys.

That put the country in 49th place, up from 54th place in 2012.  By contrast, the top scorers, New Zealand and Denmark have 91 points each.

Costa Rica Íntegra pointed out that more countries were involved in this year's index. Some officials have cheered the result because Costa Rica was listed as the third best in Latin America. But the country was a distant third from the top two Latin countries, Uruguay and Chile, by about 20 points, said the organization.

SOURCE:  AMCostaRica.com  -  December 9, 2013

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