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SIERRA LEONE 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
One evening in June 2006, a friend and I talked over drinks with two women who had just finished their exams at the University of Sierra Leone. We spoke about exams, good and bad lecturers, and cheating. I asked the students whether it was possible to bribe their lecturers for better grades. The women swore they have not heard of this at their college. But they could not be sure.
Corruption is pervasive in Sierra Leone, so there is always this doubt. Integrity is the exception, not the rule.
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