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if this is the extent of the problem, i dare say India and China are more corrupt

• alexro 15y ago
  you can't really compare corruption, can you?
  • veyron 15y ago
    Oh yes you can! There are a few criteria: 1) Is the corruption social or economic in nature? ie in India, many years ago, it was impossible for someone from lower castes to become priests. An economic corruption at least has a remote chance of being breached by anyone 2) Is the corruption racial or religious or gender-based? I guess this is better termed "discrimination" 3) Is there a way to join the corrupted? ie if the police force and military are corrupt, is there a way to join them? There are versions of corruption for which most people are physically unable to rise, and versions of corruption for which a clever few are able to swim with the sharks
  • edj 15y ago
    Why not? The Corruption Perception Index[1] is the most famous attempt to do so. In their 0-10 scale--higher numbers being less corrupt--Russia is ranked at 2.1, India at 3.3, and China at 3.5. [1]: http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2010 http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/...