1. Liberia > Pct. saying corruption very serious: 86% (tied for the highest) > Pct. claiming public officials corrupt: 67% (35th highest) > Pct. claiming police corrupt: 94% (3rd highest) > 2012 GDP per capita: $673 The vast majority of Liberians surveyed said they believed the country was run either largely or entirely by a few entities acting in their own self interest. A world-leading 86% of residents who spoke to Transparency International claimed their government had been either ineffective or very ineffective at fighting corruption, while 96% of residents claimed Liberia’s legislature was corrupt, also the highest percentage of any nation. A stunning 75% of residents surveyed claimed they had paid a bribe to secure some service, trailing only Sierra Leone. In all, 80% of the population had at one point been asked to pay a bribe. Recently, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf fired the country’s auditor general for corruption. Read more: The Most Corrupt Countries in the World - 24/7 Wall St. 247wallst/special-report/2013/07/11/the-most-corrupt-countries-in-the-world/#ixzz2Z35BBdKF
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 19:11:43 +0000
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