Corruption pervades fast-growing economies of China, Turkey and Angola

From Global development | The Guardian Wed Dec 3 2014, 09:58:00

Transparency International's measure of perceived public sector corruption says emerging countries increasingly seen as prone to fraud and bribery

The governments of some of the world's fastest growing economies are showing worrying signs of becoming more corrupt as civil society and political opposition groups are stifled, and incidents of fraud and bribery become more common.

China, Turkey and Angola - whose GDPs all grew by more than 4% last year - fell furthest in Transparency International's 2014 corruption perception index, which measures the perceived levels of public-sector corruption worldwide. Corrupt officials undermine progress and destroy the public's trust in their government, TI said.

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