According to the publication, the United States figures in the 11th position of the ranking (with 5% of the users reporting paying bribe in the past year), and surprisingly Brazil figures one position below (in 12th) (with 4%) - it is important to mention that higher the position bigger the bribery problem.
Moreover, if we consider just Latin America (which 23% of the users reported paying a bribe in the past year - Sub-Saharan Africa has the worst position with 56% of the users reporting paying bribe in the past year), Brazil figures with the best position (despite the fact the GCB stated the corruption increased in the past year overall on the Globe). In addition, it states that Political Parties and Parliament are the most corrupted institutions in Brazil (with 4.1 of a maximum of 5) and the Military being the less corrupted institution (with 2.4). The United States have similar thoughts for their institutions, Political Parties are considered the most corrupted institution (with 4.3) and the Military the less corrupted (with 2.8). Actually, the majority of the countries consider their Political Parties the source of their corruption.
The resulted was reached by a survey conducted in every country by local pooling agencies. IBOPE (one of the most recognized pooling agencies) conducted the pool in Brazil, interviewing face to face 1000 persons. The methodology, questions and other specific results can be found at http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/gcb/2010/results.
The question now is the following: is Brazil really turning itself to a mature and developed country or the people are just lying more?
Nevertheless, it is great to see such result!
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| Source: The Economist |
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