Survey of public opinion on corruption in South Asia

Launch: 22 December 2011 at 07.15 GMT (13.00 Kathmandu)

The anti-corruption organisation Transparency International will release a new survey of six South Asian countries on 22 December.

The report Daily Lives and Corruption, Public Opinion in South Asia surveyed more than 7500 people between 2010 and 2011 in Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The survey asks respondents whether they think corruption has increased and which institutions are considered most corrupt. It also asks if people have paid a bribe in the past 12 months, to whom and for what.

Launch: Daily Lives and Corruption, Public Opinion in South Asia
22 December 2011

Panel discussion in Kathmandu, Nepal:
Hotel Annapurna
140 Durbar Marg, Kathmandu
13.00 local time (07.15 GMT)

and available online
@ www.transparency.org

Individual interviews may be arranged with both regional and national experts.

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Transparency International is the global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption.
For interview requests or for enquires about the panel discussion please contact:

In Kathmandu:
Thama Nath Ghimire
+ 977 1 4436462 (office)
+ 977 9851122074 (cell) In Berlin:
Chris Sanders
Tel. +49 30 34 38 20 666
press@transparency.org