Anti-corruption efforts and governance improving, report says
Anti-corruption efforts and governance practices marked progress in
Azerbaijan in 2007, an international group has said.
Substantial advances are in evidence in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Nepal compared to the previous year, the US Global Integrity organization said in its worldwide report.
The report said, however, that despite tangible progress, problems remain in Azerbaijan with the government's accountability and its openness to the public, as well as chances for the conflict of interests.
The situation in three other countries researched by Global Integrity - another South Caucasus republic Georgia as well as Nigeria and Uganda in Africa - considerably worsened. The group linked the deterioration in Georgia with the recently-discovered facts of official corruption.
Global Integrity is an independent, non-profit organization tracking governance and corruption trends around the world. The group operating in 55 countries works with local teams of researchers and journalists to monitor openness and accountability. Its information is meant to serve simultaneously as a roadmap for engaged citizens, a reform checklist for policymakers and a guide to the business climate for investors. Global Integrity assesses countries based on six categories - civil society and the media; elections; government accountability; institutional reform; regulation; anti-corruption combat and the rule of law.
Substantial advances are in evidence in Azerbaijan, Bulgaria and Nepal compared to the previous year, the US Global Integrity organization said in its worldwide report.
The report said, however, that despite tangible progress, problems remain in Azerbaijan with the government's accountability and its openness to the public, as well as chances for the conflict of interests.
The situation in three other countries researched by Global Integrity - another South Caucasus republic Georgia as well as Nigeria and Uganda in Africa - considerably worsened. The group linked the deterioration in Georgia with the recently-discovered facts of official corruption.
Global Integrity is an independent, non-profit organization tracking governance and corruption trends around the world. The group operating in 55 countries works with local teams of researchers and journalists to monitor openness and accountability. Its information is meant to serve simultaneously as a roadmap for engaged citizens, a reform checklist for policymakers and a guide to the business climate for investors. Global Integrity assesses countries based on six categories - civil society and the media; elections; government accountability; institutional reform; regulation; anti-corruption combat and the rule of law.
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