CPI 2022 for Sub-Saharan Africa: Corruption compounding multiple crises
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Corruption is damaging crucial enablers of progress – democracy, security and development – across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ghana Integrity Initiative
H/No. 21 Abelenkpe Road, Abelenpke
Accra
Ghana
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Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre in Ghana
We have an ALAC in Ghana that can be contacted to report corruption.
ALACs provide free and confidential legal advice and allow people to safely report corruption.
Country data
Corruption Perceptions Index
2022 Rank
72/180
2022 Score
43/100
Since its inception in 1995, the Corruption Perceptions Index, Transparency International’s flagship research product, has become the leading global indicator of public sector corruption. The index offers an annual snapshot of the relative degree of corruption by ranking countries and territories from all over the globe. In 2012, Transparency International revised the methodology used to construct the index to allow for comparison of scores from one year to the next.
Global Corruption Barometer
33%
Percentage of people who thought corruption increased in the previous 12 months*
33%
Percentage of public service users paid a bribe in the previous 12 months*
*Since the most recent publication of the GCB - Africa - 10th Edition 2019
Since its debut in 2003, the Global Corruption Barometer has surveyed the experiences of everyday people confronting corruption around the world. Through our barometer, tens of thousands of people around the globe are asked about their views and experiences, making it the only worldwide public opinion survey on corruption.
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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,…
Local steps, global goals: How ordinary people promote sustainable development by reporting corruption
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With support from Transparency International, people worldwide are tackling corruption in their own lives – and contributing to systemic change.
Are African countries preventing corruption and prosecuting related crimes?
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Many governments are falling behind on their commitments under the African Union’s anti-corruption convention.
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Corruption in Urban Planning: A Guide for Professional and Trainee Planners
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With a focus on sub-Saharan Africa, this guide provides prospective and established urban planners with the knowledge, tools and networks needed to tackle corruption in their work.
Corruption-free climate finance: Protecting forests and people
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This study is an attempt to identify gaps, obstacles and opportunities for improving governance of forest climate finance to the benefit of communities in recipient countries and…
Speaking Up Locally, Driving Change Globally: True Stories of Tackling Corruption to Build a Sustainable Future
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Drawing on true stories from 12 countries, this publication shows how people can break the cycle of injustice by reporting corruption.
Resisting corruption along drug trafficking routes: An analysis of criminal justice bodies in Latin America and West Africa
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This report assesses criminal justice institutions in nine countries along the so-called cocaine route in Latin America and West Africa to identify integrity, accountability and…
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Corruption stands in the way of women accessing land and basic services in Africa: What can be done?
Transparency Int'l
Ghana: Independent oversight urgently needed to increase trust in criminal justice & law enforcement institutions
Michael Boadi
Ghana: What is going on with the controversial Agyapa gold royalties deal?
Kush Amin
Innovation on the ground — approaches to tackling land corruption
Land Corruption
