Regional Corruption Monitoring

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Regional Corruption Monitoring

• Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
  Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Yugoslavia
  

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Objectives

• Measure spread and intensity of corruption
• Initiate and influence public debate and policy
  design
  
• Track progress and compare countries
• Identify problem areas

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CMS Methodology

• Employing an integrated set of quantitative and
  qualitative measurement instruments
  
• Corruption is decomposed into 4 basic
  dimensions 1. Preconditions 2. Action 3.
  Perception of results 4. Visions for the future

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CMS Reporting and AnalysisCorruption Indexes
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CMS Measurement Concept

• The corruption free society all indexes
  approximate 0
  
• The totally corrupt society all indexes
  approximate 10

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Impact of CMS in Bulgaria

• Intensified media exposure of corruption
• Initiated the public debate on corruption
• Indexes became an effective pressure tool
• Measured the actual achievements of Coalition
  2000
  

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Media monitored "24 chasa", Trud", Sega",
Standard", Pari", Novinar", Monitor",
Demokrazia", Duma", Capital", "168 - chasa",
Banker".
Presentation of Coalition 2000 CMS indexes
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CMS Results Importance of corruption as a socia
l problem
9
Albania
10
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11
Bulgaria
12
Macedonia
13
Romania
14
Croatia
15
Serbia
16
Montenegro
17
Acceptability in Principle
18
Susceptibility to Corruption
19
Corruption Pressure
20
Personal Involvement in Corrupt Practices
21
Spread of Corruption
22
Practical effectiveness of corruption
23
Corruption Expectations
24
The effect of anticorruption in Bulgaria