I reproduce the article by Marie Chêne from the Transparency International Blog
What makes New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and others “cleaner” than most countries?
by Marie Chêne on 7 December 2011 in Measurement and Research
Marie Chêne, Senior Research Coordinator at Transparency International, looks at the countries that are ranked highest in the 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
New Zealand, Denmark, Finland and Sweden have been consistently ranked at the top of the Corruption Perceptions Index and are perceived to be the least corrupt of all the countries surveyed.
They are not perfect – still falling short of the target 10 out of 10 on the index – but many still want to know about how these countries have managed to contain corruption.
