September 23, 2008
A leading corruption watchdog has published its annual report looking at how much officials in various countries abuse their public office for private gain. Of course, all of these activities are best done in secret, so it is hard for anyone to fully measure them. But the Berlin-based Transparency International tries to do the next best thing. It asks people who know a country best -- analysts and businesspeople -- how much corruption they perceive to exist there.
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