Icelanders least corrupted 6. nóvember 2006 13:43 Children in Reykjavik Iceland is the least corrupted society in the world according to the organization Transparency International. Iceland shares the top place with Finland and New-Zealand. Haiti is the most corrupted society in the world; Myanmar (former Burma) and Iraq follow close behind. About half of the nations on the list get a score below three on the scale from 1-10, which means obvious corruption. The organization state the there is a strong connection between poverty and corruption. Corruption is what keeps a large number of mankind trapped in poverty. The fight against poverty in the world has to aim at eradicating corruption. Poor societies in the world all score below five. Icelanders were also at the top last year. Then Finland and New-Zealand followed in 2nd and 3rd place, and Denmark was in 4th place which they keep this year. For more information on the organization and the list go to www.transparency.org News News in English Mest lesið Heimferðin frá Tenerife algjör martröð Innlent Slapp með skrekkinn við myndatöku í Reynisfjöru Innlent Annar starfsmaður þingflokks Sjálfstæðisflokksins hættir Innlent „Ég er ekki sammála þessari umræðu og þessari nálgun“ Innlent „Ísland fyrst, svo allt hitt“ Innlent Andrés við Epstein árið 2011: „Við erum saman í þessu“ Erlent Algengast að fólk láni eða fái lánuð verkja- og róandi lyf Innlent Allir lifandi gíslarnir lausir úr prísund sinni Erlent Gert að vara við sjaldgæfum fylgikvilla Erlent Rússar uggandi vegna tals um Tomahawk flaugar fyrir Úkraínu Erlent
Iceland is the least corrupted society in the world according to the organization Transparency International. Iceland shares the top place with Finland and New-Zealand. Haiti is the most corrupted society in the world; Myanmar (former Burma) and Iraq follow close behind. About half of the nations on the list get a score below three on the scale from 1-10, which means obvious corruption. The organization state the there is a strong connection between poverty and corruption. Corruption is what keeps a large number of mankind trapped in poverty. The fight against poverty in the world has to aim at eradicating corruption. Poor societies in the world all score below five. Icelanders were also at the top last year. Then Finland and New-Zealand followed in 2nd and 3rd place, and Denmark was in 4th place which they keep this year. For more information on the organization and the list go to www.transparency.org
News News in English Mest lesið Heimferðin frá Tenerife algjör martröð Innlent Slapp með skrekkinn við myndatöku í Reynisfjöru Innlent Annar starfsmaður þingflokks Sjálfstæðisflokksins hættir Innlent „Ég er ekki sammála þessari umræðu og þessari nálgun“ Innlent „Ísland fyrst, svo allt hitt“ Innlent Andrés við Epstein árið 2011: „Við erum saman í þessu“ Erlent Algengast að fólk láni eða fái lánuð verkja- og róandi lyf Innlent Allir lifandi gíslarnir lausir úr prísund sinni Erlent Gert að vara við sjaldgæfum fylgikvilla Erlent Rússar uggandi vegna tals um Tomahawk flaugar fyrir Úkraínu Erlent