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ARMENIA 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
"I am not guilty. My employees were careless and unreliable," said a head of an Armenian social service department about the illegitimate actions going on under his supervision. In fact, it was under his very nose that a US$400 poverty allowance had been issued to a family that did not meet the government's standards to receive it. The three employees who undertook the forgery received only a warning, as did the social inspector, who had previously forged similar papers for other citizens.
Karine, a 50-year-old resident of Vanadzor, Armenia's third-largest city, agreed to give three months of her poverty allowance to the employees of social services, so that her family could at least get something. Last year she gave 23,113 dram (US$60). This year the inspectors demanded 38,522 dram (US$100), a very big sum for someone who has no other income. I asked her why she paid the bribe if she was entitled to the full allowance. "What can I do?" she said, "they would find every reason to deprive me of it."
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