Country Profiles

Country Profiles

This element contains information on the different types of corruption present in the countries covered by the Portal. General information on each one of the countries is supplemented by specific data on corruption in different sectors and levels (ranging from corruption encountered in individual transactions with public authorities to corruption encountered by companies in relation to contracts and administration). The information contained here provides an overview of the occurrence and the type(s) of corruption that countries may encounter in particular countries.

Country Profiles Contain:

• Sector descriptions covering various types of corruption, such as bribes and facilitation payments. All information is based on publicly available information and should be understood as general guidelines on the types of corruption existing in the respective country. Sectors discussed include: judicial system, police, licences, infrastructure and public utilities, land administration, tax administration, customs administration, public procurement and contracting, and environment, natural resources and extractive industry.

• Levels of corruption in the different sectors are defined as follows:
  
  Individual Corruption: Corruption that primarily takes place in relations between individual citizens and public officials and authorities.
  
  Business Corruption: Corruption that primarily takes place in relations between companies and public officials and authorities.
  
  Political Corruption: Corruption that takes place in the higher echelons of public administration and on a political level.

The information is both quantitative and qualitative. The quantitative information includes corruption indices from Transparency International and the World Bank, as well as frequencies of corruption in the respective sectors where data is available. The qualitative information includes descriptions of types of transactions in the different sectors and levels where corruption is encountered, as well as a list of sources of further information on corruption in the specific country.

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