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Authors : 1. Irina A. Moiseeva,
PhD (Law), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics, Deputy Dean of Law Faculty
Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
Corruption perception index as an indicator of the level of corruption in an individual country and the world
Objective: to evaluate the methodology of corruption analysis based on the corruption perception index.
Methods: the author used such sociological method as non-participant (simple) observation, methods of expert assessments and analysis of documents, grouping and summarizing; calculation of generalizing indicators; analysis; economic-mathematical and statistical techniques.
Results: the corruption perception index, like any other method of studying corruption available in science, cannot be recognized as a universal indicator of its measurement. It does not meet the requirements of measurement reliability: the number of data sources and countries included in the index changed; new surveys emerged and some studies were discontinued; changes to the calculation methodology were made. Therefore, the only reliable technique is to compare the data on a particular state from the same specific source over a period of time. However, the author believes that the monitoring of changes of this indicator in a particular state may be important for assessing the achievement of the state’s tasks aimed at improving the investment climate.
Scientific novelty: despite numerous studies of certain aspects of anti-corruption, the search for a universal method for evaluating the effectiveness of this struggle continues. Basing on the data studied by the author, a quantitative sociologicalstatistical assessment of the effectiveness of anti-corruption measures in the Republic of Belarus and neighboring countries is given. The article also substantiates the proposal to develop the anti-corruption index for the countries which are similar in the standards of doing business and a common understanding of national interests and methods of achieving them, namely the Customs Union, CIS, BRICS and SCO countries.
Practical significance: the provisions and conclusions of the research can be used by the state authorities and public organizations for the formation and implementation of the state anti-corruption policy, as well as in scientific and educational activities for the study of methods of struggling against corruption.
Keywords :
Criminal law and criminology; Corruption; Struggle against corruption; corruption counteraction; Level of corruption; Subornation; Bribery; Officials; Monitoring of corruption
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Citation :
Moiseeva I. A. Corruption perception index as an indicator of the level of corruption in an individual country and the world, Actual Problems of Economics and Law, 2018, vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 89–100 (in Russ.). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21202/1993-047X.12.2018.1.89-100
Type of article : The scientific article
Date of receipt of the article :
11.01.2018
Date of adoption of the print :
11.03.2018
Date of online accommodation :
25.03.2018
