Question

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is a comparative assessment of a country's integrity performance. Provide a brief analysis (not a description) of this index and its ranking using concepts from the readings and no less than one additional source. Using the most recent data, identify the five countries with the lowest and the five with the highest CPI scores according to this index. What are the trends and similarities between CPI scores and the level of economic, political, and social development of a country? Specifically, what institutional aspects or characteristics of governmental structure are common among the countries listed at the top and bottom?

Answer 1

The most recent data that was available for CPI was 2017 data. According to that Rank 1 is New Zeland, Rank 2 was Denmark, Rank 3 was Finland Rank 4 Was Nroway and Rank 5 was Switzerland. Last five was given to Somalia, south sudan, Syria, Afghanistan and venezuela.

We do see a pattern in this rankings. When we see the top rankers, they are the mos=st developed countries in the world, with high HDI index. with technology advancement.

Were as when we see the last few rankers, they are the most exploited countries. These country have the lowest HDI ranking, and the country experince war, political unrest, civil wars and under developed.