Corruption is an international problem that affects the well-being and livelihood of many individuals – especially those in developing regions. Markedly, there are initiatives being developed to combat the problem such as the Bahamas passed a law on the access to public information, Guyana has created checks and balances for the process of public procurement, and finally, Jamaica developed the anti-corruption agency to conduct investigations.
Nonetheless, despite the aforementioned efforts, certain Caribbean islands have scored poorly in a recent corruption tally conducted by Transparency International.
The Global anti-corruption agency Transparency International has released its latest 2017 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) which ranks 180 countries and territories by their perceived levels of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople.
There was little progress in ending corruption as about two-thirds of the countries scored below 50, with an average score of 43. New Zealand and Denmark were ranked the least corrupt countries in the world.
Africa was the worst performing region in the 2017 Index with average scores lower than 50. The least corrupt country in Africa was Botswana which ranked 34 out of 180. Senegal (66) and Cote d’Ivoire (103) were the countries that made great strides towards alleviating corruption.
While not the most corrupt region, the Caribbean held some troubling figures. The least corrupt island was Barbados which ranked 25 out of 180. Additional pleasantly ranked islands were Bahamas (28), Saint Lucia (48), Dominica (42), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (40). The aforementioned did well against European countries such as Italy (54), Greece (59) and Hungary (66).
Trinidad and Tobago (77), Suriname (77), Jamaica (68), and Cuba (62) are the second group of most corrupt islands. Their ranking while not extremely high, still pointed towards a troubling trend.
The most corrupt islands are Haiti (157) and Guyana (91) respectively.
Transparency International imparted the following tidbits to curb shadiness within government entities:
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