The Dominican Republic is for the second time in a row among the countries with the highest corruption rates according to the Corruption Perception Index of the organization Transparency International.
The index report, released by Citizen Participation on Thursday, highlights that in 2020 the country retained the same score on the previous year’s perception of corruption with 28 points out of 100 when it ranks 137th out of 180 participating countries.
Citizen Participation General Coordinator Sonia Díaz noted that the country failed to meet the 51 points proposed as a 2020 target.
Díaz added that the index highlights that most countries have made little or no progress in the fight against corruption and that many of them scored less than 50% twice in a row.
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The highest scores on the corruption index are in line with Denmark and New Zealand with 88 basis points each, followed by Finland, Singapore, Sweden and Switzerland with 85 points each, Díaz reported at a press conference.
Best and worst
In the America region, the best indices are for Canada with 77 points, Uruguay with 71 and Chile and the United States with 67 points each.
The countries with the worst scores on the continent are Venezuela at 15, Haiti at 18, Nicaragua at 22, Honduras at 24, Guatemala at 25, and Paraguay and the Dominican Republic at 28. Díaz said that, in the case of the Dominican Republic, the highest score The highest score the country has achieved since the start of the survey was 25 points in 2012, while the lowest score was 28 in three years: 2009, 2019 and 2020.
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The report recommends that in fighting COVID-19, it is essential that countries strengthen oversight so that resources get to those who need them most.
“The report suggests that the anti-corruption agencies and the oversight commission should have adequate financial resources and independence,” said Sonia Díaz.