News Item: : TI Azerbaijan presented Corruption Perception Index 2009
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Tuesday 17 November 2009 - 20:01:01
On the 17th November Transparency International Azerbaijan held a press conference to present the 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and announce Azerbaijan’s score and ranking this year. The event at the Caspian Plaza, Baku, was well-attended by government officials, the media, members of civil society as well as foreign embassies and international organisations. The vast majority of the 180 countries included in the 2009 index score below five on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption). The CPI measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in a given country and is a composite index, drawing on 13 different expert and business surveys. Azerbaijan has improved its score from 1.9 in 2008 to 2.3 in 2009, most likely as a result of the government’s commitment to improve the business environment and increased general awareness about the importance of curbing corruption. In the past five years 5 Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALAC) – offices that help citizens to claim their rights in cases of corruption – opened across the country and the government has entered into an open dialogue with civil society through a network of local anti-corruption NGOs and TI Azerbaijan. These are positive developments, though corruption remains entrenched throughout society.
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(Category: Misc)
Posted by TI Az
Tuesday 17 November 2009 - 20:01:01
On the 17th November Transparency International Azerbaijan held a press conference to present the 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) and announce Azerbaijan’s score and ranking this year. The event at the Caspian Plaza, Baku, was well-attended by government officials, the media, members of civil society as well as foreign embassies and international organisations. The vast majority of the 180 countries included in the 2009 index score below five on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have low levels of corruption). The CPI measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption in a given country and is a composite index, drawing on 13 different expert and business surveys. Azerbaijan has improved its score from 1.9 in 2008 to 2.3 in 2009, most likely as a result of the government’s commitment to improve the business environment and increased general awareness about the importance of curbing corruption. In the past five years 5 Advocacy and Legal Advice Centres (ALAC) – offices that help citizens to claim their rights in cases of corruption – opened across the country and the government has entered into an open dialogue with civil society through a network of local anti-corruption NGOs and TI Azerbaijan. These are positive developments, though corruption remains entrenched throughout society.This news item is from .:Transparency International - Azerbaijan:.
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