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ARGENTINA receives an overall "Moderate" rating in the 2006 Global Integrity Index. The Index assesses national anti-corruption policies and practices in countries around the world. For a printer-friendly .PDF version of this report click here.
This peer-reviewed country report includes:
Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 290 Integrity Indicators.
Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.
Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.
Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.
Global Integrity country reports are generated by an in-country team comprising a lead journalist (who prepares the Reporter's Notebook), a lead researcher (who initially scores the Integrity Indicators), and three to five peer reviewers. Global Integrity staff in Washington coordinate the input from all team members and are responsible for final content. For a full description of our methodology and research process please click here.
Reporter's Notebook
Every time Argentineans fill their cars with gasoline, they are paying for corruption. Every petrodollar spent in Argentina sends cents to a special account that President Néstor Kirchner's government manages with little accountability. Every time Argentineans vote, they don't know for sure who financed their candidate's electoral campaign. Every time honest Argentineans pay taxes, they are paying at rates above the world average, because they must pay for the thousands of Argentineans who dodge their taxes. The Impuesto al Valor Agregado, the tax on consumption, is a massive 21 percent.
Corruption in Argentina isn't a daily affront on the lives of its citizens. Argentina is not Russia, where drivers must routinely pay bribes to the police. In Argentina, the costs of corruption are hidden, indirect. Many Argentineans are never aware of these silent mechanisms of corruption.
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