For a collection of data from the burgeoning field of anti-corruption, see TI’s GATEway project, online at: <>. In his article Questions about Corruption,” Jakob Svensson reviews literature and “Eight data on eight topics involved in understanding corruption. For non-economists and the data and analysis in Svensson’s article are sometimes dense. What follows is a brief summary of Svensson’s review. Although based on available data as of 2005, more recent data does not significantly alter the main observations in the article. What is Corruption? Svensson that the most common definition of public corruption is the misuse of public office for private gain. He also notes that no of corruption is completely “definition The data in his article focuses on public corruption. Countries Are Most Corrupt? Svensson notes that measuring corruption across countries is challenging because of the secretive nature of corruption and the variety of forms it takes. Svensson then discusses different corruption measurement scales, including: the corruption indicator in the International Country Risk Guide, which measures the likelihood of bribe requests, TI’s Corruption Perception Index, Kaufmann, and Mastruzzi’s Control of Corruption index (2003), the EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey, and the International Crime Victim Surveys, run by UNODC. Svensson then the countries in the bottom ten percent according to each measurement tool. What are the Common Characteristics of Countries with High Corruption? on the corruption ranking results, Svensson states:
For a collection of data from the burgeoning field of anti-corruption, see TI’s GATEway project, online at: <>. In his article “Eight Questions about Corruption,” Jakob Svensson reviews literature and data on eight topics involved in understanding corruption. For non-economists and the data and analysis in Svensson’s article are sometimes dense. What follows is a brief summary of Svensson’s review. Although based on available data as of 2005, more recent data does not significantly alter the main observations in the article. What is Corruption? Svensson that the most common definition of public corruption is the misuse of public office for private gain. He also notes that no “definition of corruption is completely The data in his article focuses on public corruption. Countries Are Most Corrupt? Svensson notes that measuring corruption across countries is challenging because of the secretive nature of corruption and the variety of forms it takes. Svensson then discusses different corruption measurement scales, including: the corruption indicator in the International Country Risk Guide, which measures the likelihood of bribe requests, TI’s Corruption Perception Index, Kaufmann, and Mastruzzi’s Control of Corruption index (2003), the EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey, and the International Crime Victim Surveys, run by UNODC. Svensson then the countries in the bottom ten percent according to each measurement tool. What are the Common Characteristics of Countries with High Corruption? on the corruption ranking results, Svensson states:
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