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KYRGYZ REPUBLIC receives an overall "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
Corruption in Kyrgyzstan has long inhabited every office in the Kyrgyz White House, especially its seventh floor, where president and other top-ranking officials "served" the people. In 2005, amid allegations of unprecedented corruption, President Askar Akaev was deposed in a popular uprising. The country's new leadership proudly announced that they would put an end to corruption in Kyrgyzstan.
Recently we Kyrgyz celebrated the first anniversary of this promising announcement, begging the question of whether anyone has enjoyed any results thus far. Some probably have, but I have never met these optimists.
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