Algeria is ranked 92nd worldwide in 2008 Corruption Perceptions Index

According to an international anti-corruption body, Algeria is ranked 92nd out of 180 countries worldwide where the specter of bribery and corruption is still going unchecked.

• Transparency International notes that Algeria, contrary to neighbouring Tunisia and Morocco, is doing little to combat efficiently the corruption scourge despite some transient campaigns to this effect.
• Morocco holds the 80th spot and Tunisia is ranked 62nd worldwide thanks to renewed anti-corruption efforts made over the past few years.
•  The latest Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index said the poorest countries still had the highest levels of corruption.
• Wealthy industrialized countries including the UK are allowing overseas bribery to go unchecked through insufficient regulation of their private sectors, an anti-corruption group warned today.
• The UK, which is ranked 16th in the index – Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand were in joint first place as the least corrupt countries – was highlighted as one of the “notable European decliners” in the index.
• The US, whose rating has fallen slightly in recent years, had a ranking of 18th, “one of the lowest among the world’s leading industrialized countries”.
• “Contributing factors may include a widespread sense that political finance is in need of reform, with lobbyists and special interest groups perceived to have an unfair hold on political decision-making,” Transparency International said.
• Somalia came bottom of the 180 countries listed in the index, which is based on expert and business surveys. It was just ahead of Iraq and Burma.
• The report said corruption jeopardized the global fight against poverty. It said there was a need to “ensure development assistance is designed to strengthen institutions of governance and oversight in recipient countries, and that aid flows themselves are fortified against abuse and graft”.
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