CPI 2021: Highlights and insights
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There is an urgent need to accelerate the fight against corruption if we are to halt human rights abuses and democratic decline across the globe.
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CPI 2021: Trouble at the top
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The 2021 CPI shows that top-scoring countries’ complacency has been detrimental not only to global anti-corruption efforts but also to their own affairs.
CPI 2021 for Eastern Europe & Central Asia: Democratic hopes in the shadow of growing authoritarianism
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In the second lowest performing region on the CPI, many political leaders have used COVID-19 as a smokescreen to introduce restrictions on rights and accountability, or have…
CPI 2021 for Sub-Saharan Africa: Amid democratic turbulence, deep-seated corruption exacerbates threats to freedoms
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2021 was a turbulent year for Sub-Saharan Africa. On a continent where corruption plunders precious natural resources and impedes access to public services for millions of people,…
CPI 2021 for Middle East & North Africa: Systemic corruption endangers democracy and human rights
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The region is struggling to achieve tangible results against corruption – no country has registered a significant improvement on the CPI in the last decade. Private interests…
CPI 2021 for Western Europe & European Union: Trouble ahead for stagnating region
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Western Europe and the EU still tops the CPI, but the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened transparency and accountability across the region, leaving no country unscathed and exposing…
CPI 2021 for the Americas: A region in crisis
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With no progress on an average score of 43 out of 100 for the third consecutive year, the countries of the Americas are paralyzed in the fight against corruption. Despite…
CPI 2021 for Asia Pacific: Grand corruption and lack of freedoms holding back progress
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Asia has witnessed 10 years of mass movements calling for action against corruption, but much of this public outrage has been co-opted by populist leaders and…
