Corruption Perceptions Index, and Jesus and Mo

The 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of Transparency International ranked Pakistan at 117 out of 180 countries. India was ranked 81, worse than China at 77. The top spots are (in order)  New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Singapore. US comes in at 16, Japan at 20, Bhutan at 26.

The correlation between poverty and corruption is evident, and it is easy to argue the direction of causation to be from corruption to poverty, and then back to corruption.

For the entire list, click this

And here’s a Jesus and Mo cartoon which references the corruption in Pakistan and Imran Khan. (Click on the cartoon for more Jesus and Mo.)

Author: Atanu Dey

Economist.

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