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11-18-2009, 04:40 PM
Economy, Planning and Development Minister Temistocles Montas has admitted that there are alarmingly high levels of corruption in the DR government. Montas' admission followed the announcement that the DR is among the most corrupt countries in the world, ranked 99th on a list of 180 countries.
Montas says the current administration has passed laws to limit corruption. The rankings were compiled by global anti-corruption coalition Transparency International. In Latin America and the Caribbean only Jamaica, Bolivia, Argentina, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela and Haiti are perceived to be more corrupt. The DR is ranked 21st out of 31 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The DR received a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of 3.0.
www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009 (http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009)
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Montas says the current administration has passed laws to limit corruption. The rankings were compiled by global anti-corruption coalition Transparency International. In Latin America and the Caribbean only Jamaica, Bolivia, Argentina, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Venezuela and Haiti are perceived to be more corrupt. The DR is ranked 21st out of 31 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The DR received a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of 3.0.
www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009 (http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/cpi/2009)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)