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"We don't accept military coup", reads the sign during a protest in Myanmar. An activist has his eyes covered and lips sealed with black tape.

CPI 2022: Corruption as a fundamental threat to peace and security

News • 31 January 2023

Corruption and conflict fuel each other. This underlines the urgent need for transparency and anti-corruption efforts to create a safer world.

A person holding a smoke grenade takes part in a demonstration against the rising cost of living in Brussels, Belgium

CPI 2022 for Western Europe & EU: Undue influence and fragmented anti-corruption measures hurt progress

News • 31 January 2023

While once again the top-scoring region in the CPI, anti-corruption efforts have stalled in most countries for more than a decade.

People protesting against the Myanmar junta charging democracy activists with terrorism.

CPI 2022 for Asia Pacific: Basic freedoms restricted as anti-corruption efforts neglected

News • 31 January 2023

As authoritarianism grows and restrictions on civic space and basic freedoms imposed during the pandemic remain in place, the region stagnates for the fourth year in a row.

A composite illustration showing the world map with dirty money hotspots highlighted; various elements include: a yacht, public official hiding his identity, a banker leaning against a washing machine, a mansion and an activist

CPI 2022: Trouble at the top

News • 31 January 2023

While 2022 has seen some progress, advanced economies are still not pulling their weight in the fight against cross-border corruption.

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Recent foreign ministry visits to the Pacific: Transparency International calls for strengthening Teieniwa anti-corruption vision

Press • 02 June 2022

Countering Russia's kleptocrats: What the West’s response to the assault on Ukraine should look like

News • 04 March 2022

Kleptocracy in Russia has thrived thanks to the complicity of advanced economies, who are now waking up to its dangers.

2021 Corruption Perceptions Index reveals a decade of stagnating corruption levels amid human rights abuses & democratic decline

Press • 25 January 2022

2021 Corruption Perceptions Index reveals a decade of stagnating corruption levels amid human rights abuses & democratic decline in Sub-Saharan Africa

Press • 25 January 2022

People protest against the increase in the cost of living and corruption in Luanda, Angola

CPI 2021 for Sub-Saharan Africa: Amid democratic turbulence, deep-seated corruption exacerbates threats to freedoms

News • 25 January 2022

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,…

A woman with a COVID-19 face mask on, walking by the sign of the International Monetary Fund at the entrance of the IMF headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States

IMF COVID-19 emergency loans: A view from four countries

News • 30 March 2021

Together with Human Rights Watch, we have assessed the effectiveness of the IMF’s approach during the pandemic by analysing how well governments of Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt and…