Bribe Payers Index
| Producer |
Transparency International |
|---|---|
| Stated Purpose |
To rank leading exporting countries in terms of the degree to which international companies with their headquarters in those countries are likely to pay bribes to senior public officials in key emerging market economies. |
| Area of Governance |
Corruption
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| Funding Source |
Funded by Transparency International. |
| Current usage |
Widely quoted in media as a measure of developed countries' contribution to corruption problems in developing countries. |
| Where to find it | |
| Type of data used |
Survey/Administrative, Primary/Secondary, Sources Internal/ Expert/External. Perception or objective. |
| Coverage |
30 leading exporting countries. |
| Contact details | |
| Methodology |
The question ‘In the business sectors with which you are most familiar, please indicate how likely companies from the following countries are to pay or offer bribes to win or retain business in this country?’ is used to determine the ranking on the Bribe Payers Index. The survey asks respondents in emerging markets to rate the bribe paying behaviour of companies from developed countries. |
| Format of results |
The scale used runs from 0 (indicating certain to bribe) to 10 (indicating no bribery will be offered). |
| Valid Use |
The key purpose behind the index is to encourage countries to give full force to implementing the Anti-Bribery convention signed by OECD members. |
| Invalid Use |
The survey results cannot be used to make a definitive statement about the behaviour of countries regarding the bribery pact. To do so would need broader country coverage for the questionnaire, together with weighting for each country in proportion to the volume of trade between any pairs of countries. |
| Assumption |
Trade with the chosen developing countries is representative of trading behaviour in general. |
| Example results |
The table below shows results for selected countries in 2006.
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