World Bank Report: Influence of Corruption on Business in Transition Countries on the Decrease
The report analyzed the corruption trends in the enterprise-government interactions in 26 transition countries of Europe and Central Asia, from 1999 to 2002. More than 6500 companies were involved in the survey. The report shows that the corruption is on the fall in many countries, regardless of whether it was measured in incidence rate of bribes, costs of bribe or the degree to which it presents an obstacle to business activities. The co-author of the Report, Cheryl Gray from the World Bank said that, for the first time since the beginning of transition, the report brings good news. “The responses from the managers in almost a half of the countries included in our research show a fall of the general frequency of bribing attempts and the overall impact of corruption on their companies, a finding especially important for this region,” said Gray. The report states that in 2002, in Croatia, the corruption as an impediment to business was significantly less present, as opposed to 1999. Therefore, the optimism of Croatian managers is on the rise. The report, nevertheless, notes that the corruption in the countries of Southeast Europe, including Albania, B&H, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia and Romania, remains a rather big problem, as opposed to the majority of transition countries in Central Europe and the Baltic Region. You can order the Report through this link Anticorruption in Transition 2: Corruption in Enterprise-State Interactions in Europe and Central Asia 1999 – 2002. |
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