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LIBERIA receives an overall "Very Weak" 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
Liberia, with its population of nearly 3 million and civil service of 47,000, subsisted on a budget of 5.1 billion Liberian dollars (US$85) million from July 2005 to June 2006. Why? Because most of the government's revenue vanished into the pockets of its own employees.
An example: Most of this West African state's revenue comes from tariffs on imports, but securing this revenue is difficult due to leakage in a customs system which financial experts say lacks accountability mechanisms.
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