CPI 2021 for the Americas: A region in crisis

News • 25 January 2022

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…

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CPI 2020: Americas

News • 28 January 2021

The Americas showcase corruption and the mismanagement of funds in one of the regions most affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

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CPI 2020: Trouble in the top 25 countries

News • 28 January 2021

The top 25 countries on the CPI have their share of corruption challenges

Illustration: a woman looks outside the window, it is raining, a man in a white doctor coat runs into an hospital,

Working in one of the world’s most dangerous hospitals during COVID-19

News • 28 January 2021

An illustrated story of corruption in Venezuela during a global pandemic

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Corruption-free climate finance: Protecting forests and people

Publication • 10 November 2021

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…

Resisting corruption along drug trafficking routes: An analysis of criminal justice bodies in Latin America and West Africa

Publication • 14 May 2021

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…

Brazil: Setbacks in the Legal and Institutional Anti-Corruption Frameworks

Publication • 20 November 2019

Corruption remains one of the biggest impediments to economic development in Brazil. It threatens recent strides made towards equality and social justice...

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Global Corruption Barometer: Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 - Citizens' Views and Opinions of Corruption

Publication • 23 September 2019

Most citizens in Latin America and the Caribbean think their governments are not doing enough to tackle corruption and that corruption levels have increased in the past 12 months…