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Flawed Democracies
Center unveils new tool to track political accountability around the world
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2004 — In an unprecedented international investigation into the precise extent of openness, accountability and governance in 25 countries that hold elections, no country ranked in the top tier, the Center for Public Integrity has found. >>
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Public Integrity Index measures anti-corruption environment

The Public Integrity Index is the centerpiece of the Global Integrity Report, providing a quantitative scorecard of governance practices in each country. The Public Integrity Index assesses the institutions and practices that citizens can use to hold their governments accountable to the public interest. The Public Integrity Index does not measure corruption itself, but rather the opposite of corruption: the extent of citizens' ability to ensure their government is open and accountable. >>

Global Integrity provides detailed data and comparative country-by-country perspectives of the mechanisms in place to prevent abuses of power and promote public integrity. Using a blend of social science and journalism, in-country teams of independent social scientists and investigative journalists report on the de jure as well as de facto reality of corruption and anti-corruption mechanisms. >>

Global Integrity provides in-depth reports on the state of public integrity and corruption in 25 countries. These reports, written and reviewed primarily by in-country experts, provide a probing look at national anti-corruption efforts.

Each Country Report includes:

  • Country Facts: key data on that country
  • Corruption Timeline: media coverage of recent corruption-related events
  • Corruption Notebook: a ground-level view by a leading investigative journalist
  • Integrity Assessment: an analysis of the state of public integrity by a leading social scientist
  • Integrity Scorecard: peer-reviewed scores, commentary and references on the 80 Integrity Indicators
 
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