INDICES TO MEASURE CORRUPTION AND A QUEST FOR ITS APPROPRIATENESS

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  • Saphy Lal Bullu Law Lecturer Author

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Corruption, Transparent Index, Perception Index, Measure Indices

Abstract

The indices to measure corruption as a starting point to grasp some of the methods which are used to measure and rank the level of corruptions from various countries. The author believe that, the perception and phenomenon of corruption are all the same from various countries; as we all know and believe that the roots, causes and consequences of corruption are same no matter conducted in developed or under developing countries . 

The first part of this article presents the meaning and partial prescribe forms of corruption as to provide clear understanding of corruption from its immense diversity to the readers; and the second part articulate the measurement and methods which are taken to measure the level of corruption. Measurements of corruption have various ways to be used to measure corruption and governed by Transparency Index and Corruption Perception Index. At the end of the article, author discusses the perception of the instruments for measuring corruption in order to present in details whether are appropriate or not. As it has been noted, the indices vary and depend with the countries position. There are countries prefer to use one indices and another differ on the results provided by the same instruments. So the discussion will show which one is best compare to another indices. 

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16-08-2018

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Saphy Lal Bullu. “INDICES TO MEASURE CORRUPTION AND A QUEST FOR ITS APPROPRIATENESS”. Journal of Legal Studies & Research, vol. 4, no. 4, Aug. 2018, pp. 363-76, https://journal.thelawbrigade.com/jlsr/article/view/2210.

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