In January, anti-corruption NGO Transparency International (TI) released its 2016 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), which surveys public perceptions about corruption among public servants and politicians in various countries. The CPI combines 13 data sources from specialist institutions, ranking each country between 0 (highly corrupt) and 100 (highly clean). Of all Southern Cone countries, Uruguay once again obtained the highest score at 71 for 2016 and ranked 21st, closely followed by Chile with a score of 66 and a rank of 24th. The index identifies any score below 50 to indicate that governments are failing to tackle corruption, and this is reflected in Brazil’s score of 40 (79th place), Argentina’s score of 36 (95th) and Paraguay’s score of 30 (123rd). End of preview - This article contains approximately 616 words.
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