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corrupted
Finland received the cleanest bill of health in Transparency
International's corruption comparison.
The 2003 comparison assessed 133 countries and examined the
degree of corruption among officials and politicians. The
survey showed that more often than not the countries that
were awarded good grades are the rich industrial countries,
whereas the biggest problems are in the poor developing countries
in Asia and Africa.
After Finland, the best grades went to Iceland, Denmark and
New Zealand. The rest in the top ten were Singapore, Sweden,
the Netherlands, Austria, Norway and Switzerland. At the other
end of the scale were Indonesia, Kenya, Angola, Paraguay,
Haiti and Nigeria. The situation is worst in Bangladesh.
Transparency International stresses that corruption is a
problem for all parties engaged in international cooperation
and business. For that reason corruption should be rooted
out from poor countries. For this, support and the political
will from rich countries is needed.
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