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 Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent
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 Steinn liggur á grúfu og skríður niður Esju Innlent Vill tollalaus viðskipti við Evrópu Erlent Þrjú látin: Heyrðu öskur þegar hringt var í neyðarlínu Erlent Allt að 18 stiga hiti á morgun en súld og léttskýjað í dag Veður Vita æ meira um skaðleg áhrif rafsígarettna Innlent Veitingahús vilji ekki bara ráða ófaglært starfsfólk Innlent Ísraelsher viðurkennir rangfærslur eftir birtingu myndefnis Erlent Sautján ára stúlka í haldi vegna innflutnings gerviópíóða Innlent Öskjuhlíðartimbrið komið til Eskifjarðar Innlent Wow fékk bestu þjónustu Airbus eftir að Icelandair valdi Boeing Viðskipti innlent