Report: Conflict and financial crisis 'drivers of corruption'

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Updated November 20, 2009 20:31:00

The latest edition of Transparency International's "Corruption Index" has found that instability and the global financial crisis are both driving factors in political corruption and how it's perceived by ordinary citizens. Included in the global survey of 180 nations, are 32 Asian and Pacific states. Topping the list, in terms of being seen by their citizens as least corrupt, are affluent and conflict-free nations like New Zealand and Singapore, while languishing at the bottom are Afghanistan, Burma and Laos.

Presenter: Anna Walker
Speakers: Michael Aherns, executive director of Transparency International Australia; Professor John Braithwaite, Australian National University, Canberra

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