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Gloria’s graft-ridden gov’t root of widespread poverty—Erap
2010/03/10
It is no surprise that the Philippines under President Arroyo is again still in the bottom list of corrupt economies.
The Philippines slid two notches from sixth place last year and has remained on the bottom list of most corrupt Asia-Pacific economies, ranking fourth in an international survey, next to Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.
A regional poll of expatriate businessmen released Tuesday by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) showed Indonesia as the most corrupt economy with a score of 9.27, followed by Cambodia (9.10), Vietnam (8.07) and the Philippines (8.06). On a scale of zero to 10, zero is the best possible score, indicating the lowest level of corruption among politicians and civil servants Singapore (1.42), Australia (2.28), and Hong Kong (2.67) maintained their rankings as the cleanest economies. They were followed by the United States (3.42), Japan (3.49), Macau (4.96), South Korea (5.98), Taiwan (6.28), Malaysia (6.47), China (6.52), India (7.18), and Thailand (7.60)....MORE |
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