Introduction
This document presents the main findings and some further analysis carried out by Transparency International1 on the results of the Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2006.2 It provides insight into the rankings given in the index itself and highlights other areas of interest.
Section 1 presents the main findings followed by relevant statistical data and considerations taken into account when calculating the index. Section 1 also presents analysis of the type of company for which respondents work and how this relates to their experience of bribery. Section 2 examines the scores given by respondents from particular sub-groups of countries. Finally, section 3 examines the relationship between the results of the BPI 2006 and the CPI 2005.
This analysis is intended to complement the information provided in the document Q&A BPI 2006.
1 Special thanks to Ernst & Young for their generous support of Transparency International’s corruption measurement tools. Transparency International is funded by various governmental agencies, international foundations and corporations. Support from these sources also contribute to the production of the BPI 2006. Acceptance of a donation by TI does not imply its endorsement of a donating company’s policies or record. To learn more about Transparency International’s sources of funding, please visit www.transparency.org/support_us.
2 The production and review of the BPI 2006 has been produced with the input and collaboration of Prof. Dr Gertrud Moosmüller, Head of the Statistics Department at the University of Passau, members of the Transparency Index Advisory Committee and the World Bank Institute.
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