c/comradeship · by verand14@lemmygrad.ml · 3y

Thoughts on Transparency International?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_International

Should I use their Corruption Perceptions Index? If not, then what unbiased anti-corruption source I should use?

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3 Comments

GrainEater@lemmygrad.ml · 11 pts · 3y (1 reply)

there is no such thing an "unbiased"; with that said, considering it's based in the West and was founded by a bunch of World Bank officials, I would be extremely skeptical, and you can see numerous controversies listed in the Wikifedia article, e.g.:

It develops a Corruption Perception Index (CPI) based on surveys conducted by private structures or other NGOs: the Economist Intelligence Unit, backed by the British liberal weekly newspaper The Economist, the American neoconservative organization Freedom House, the World Economic Forum, or large corporations. (...) The IPC ignores corruption cases that concern the business world"

lil_tank@lemmygrad.ml · 7 pts · 3y

The IPC ignores corruption cases that concern the business world

So, just stigmatising countries where anyone can bribe cops and giving good conscience to the ones where all policy is decided by business interests

ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml · 6 pts · 3y

Even the Wikipedia article's "controversies" section makes the NGO look like a shitshow.