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Transparency
International
(TI) published on September 22 its 1998
Corruption Perceptions Index. This is the most comprehensive
index of perceptions of corruption ever published by the global
anti-corruption organisation, ranking 85 countries.
The
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is a "poll of polls"
drawing upon numerous distinct surveys of expert and general
public views of the extent of corruption in many countries
around the world. This a list of the Latin American
countries that appear in the index:
(the
number shows the position among the 85 countries of the world
that appears in the Index)
| Index |
Latin
American Countries
|
Less
Corruption
More Corruption |
| 20 |
Chile
|
| 27 |
Costa
Rica
|
| 41 |
Peru
|
| 42 |
Uruguay
|
| 46 |
Brazil
|
| 51 |
El
Salvador
|
| 56 |
Mexico
|
| 60 |
Guatemala
|
| 61 |
Argentina
|
| 62 |
Nicaragua
|
| 69 |
Bolivia
|
| 77 |
Ecuador
|
| 78 |
Venezuela
|
| 79 |
Colombia
|
| 83 |
Honduras
|
| 84 |
Paraguay
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The
whole report is available at http://www.transparency.de/documents/press-releases/1998/1998.09.22.cpi.html
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