im getting off the personal track for this time and go a little bit global... i came across this old post from one of the blogs i follow and i was kinda prompted to re-post it here. it's about The International Corruption Index in 2009, with focus on ASEAN countries. corruption has always been a global problem, though it's basically an internal affair. some countries have bigger problems with corruption than others. and corruption (or lack of it) is somehow proportional to a country's overall econmy and it's people's living condition. that's my theory, at least. but im not so sure of this. some countries have big corruption problems but somehow manage to advance economically. so anyway, here's what i got...
How did ASEAN countries rank on Transparency International's Corruption Index in year 2009?
•The top ten least corrupt are the Nordic countries, plus New Zealand (#1), Canada, and Australia. (Netherlands isn't exactly Nordic, but it comes in at #6. Singapore (#3) is perceived as the least corrupt country in all of Asia.
•Brunei (#39) is perceived as being no more corrupt than South Korea.
•Malaysia (#56) is perceived as being about as corrupt as some major Eastern European countries and South Africa.
•China (#79) and India (#84) rank similarly on corruption. India is tied with Thailand.
•Egypt has the same perceived level of corruption as Indonesia (#111), but the "land of baksheesh" is perceived as being less corrupt than Lebanon (#130) and Syria (#126) and even Vietnam (#120).
•Pakistan and Philippines are tied at #139.
•Laos and Cambodia are tied at #158.
•Only Somalia and Afghanistan are considered less corrupt than Myanmar (Burma).
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