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 Ákvörðun dómsmálaráðherra gríðarleg vonbrigði Innlent Skipstjóri handtekinn í Reykjavíkurhöfn Innlent „Við ætlum að upplifa stóra drauminn hans Kristians Helga” Innlent „Þeir verða að geta varið sig“: Hættir við að hætta vopnasendingum Erlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Ýr Innlent Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent Einu verslun Þingeyringa lokað Innlent Öll tölfræði um málþófið á einum stað: Íslandsmet á næsta sólarhring Innlent Bandamenn fá hótunarbréf um 25 til 40 prósent toll Erlent Skiltið hluti af stærra vandamáli sem dragi úr lífsgæðum 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 Ákvörðun dómsmálaráðherra gríðarleg vonbrigði Innlent Skipstjóri handtekinn í Reykjavíkurhöfn Innlent „Við ætlum að upplifa stóra drauminn hans Kristians Helga” Innlent „Þeir verða að geta varið sig“: Hættir við að hætta vopnasendingum Erlent Lögreglan lýsir eftir Hebu Ýr Innlent Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent Einu verslun Þingeyringa lokað Innlent Öll tölfræði um málþófið á einum stað: Íslandsmet á næsta sólarhring Innlent Bandamenn fá hótunarbréf um 25 til 40 prósent toll Erlent Skiltið hluti af stærra vandamáli sem dragi úr lífsgæðum Innlent
Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent
Enn að jafna sig eftir stunguárás: „Þeir eru miklu yngri en réðu samt ekkert við 43 ára mann“ Innlent