Transparency International
Publish What You Pay "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
Found this:
Overseas bribery by companies from the world’s export giants is still common, despite the existence of international anti-bribery laws criminalising this practice, according to the Transparency International 2006 Bribe Payers Index (BPI), the most comprehensive survey of its kind to date. The BPI looks at the propensity of companies from 30 leading exporting countries to bribe abroad. Companies from the wealthiest countries generally rank in the top half of the Index, but still routinely pay bribes, particularly in developing economies. Companies from emerging export powers India, China and Russia rank among the worst. In the case of China and other emerging export powers, efforts to strengthen domestic anti-corruption activities have failed to extend abroad.
The BPI looks at the propensity of companies from 30 leading exporting countries to bribe abroad. Companies from the wealthiest countries generally rank in the top half of the Index, but still routinely pay bribes, particularly in developing economies. Companies from emerging export powers India, China and Russia rank among the worst. In the case of China and other emerging export powers, efforts to strengthen domestic anti-corruption activities have failed to extend abroad.
With a nice chart. The chart is based on perception of bribiness. A top value of ten is no bribes coming from that countries companies and zero is bribes coming out of their ears.
Some countries (choosen by me):
1 Switzerland 7.81 2 Sweden 7.62 ... 6 UK 7.39 7 Germany 7.34 ... 10 US 7.22 11 Japan 7.10 ... 13 Spain 6.63 ... 15 France 6.50 ... 20 Italy 5.94 ... 22 Saudi Arabia 5.75 ... 28 Russia 5.16 29 China 4.94 30 India 4.62 A vote for PES is a vote for EPP! A vote for EPP is a vote for PES! Support the coalition, vote EPP-PES in 2009!
