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As others here have noted, this doesn't seem to be measuring corruption. Instead, and after reading their meager "methodology" (we compile these results from "
by jnbiche 13y ago
As others here have noted, this doesn't seem to be measuring corruption. Instead, and after reading their meager "methodology" (we compile these results from "international elite"), it appears that what this is measuring instead is a country's business friendliness.
And that's a fine thing to measure, but don't call it "corruption". It does a disservice to us in fundamentally corrupt yet business-friendly countries.
- bduerst 13y agoIt's the Corruption Perception Index, not the Absolute Corruption Index. Debate the semantics of the word "corruption" as much as you want, but the index is found to have a strong correlation with black market activity and an "overabundance of regulation or unnecessary restriction of business activity". [1] That doesn't sound like the countries are business friendly to me. [1] http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1013882225402 http://rd.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1013882225402