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TAJIKISTAN 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
Corruption in Tajikistan has gone beyond the social level, reaching the political and economic strata. The whole system of executive power is penetrated by corruption, inhibiting the developing economy of Tajikistan.
Bribing is a normal habit in every sector of the governmental departments of Tajikistan. Tajiks are used to giving bribes for everything: to get jobs, enroll in universities and pass exams, to get driver's licenses, to pay taxes, to get passports and so on. That is why Tajikistan was ranked by Transparency International as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
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