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Daniel Newell, NOW Staff , October 6, 2008 Lebanese women holding up national flags and anti-corruption slogans take part in a demonstration organized by the CGTL labor confederation outside the tax department of the Ministry of Finance in January 2007. (AFP/ Ramzi Haidar) The LTA last week released the 2008 Corruption Perception Index, which ranks public opinion of government corruption in 180 nations. Lebanon placed 102 among 180 nations surveyed in perceived corruption, and 11 of 20 among countries in the Middle East region. This year’s index results suggest that the Lebanese people believe their public officials’ reputations for corruption are well earned. The CPI measures citizens’ perception of corruption in their countries rather than measuring specific incidences of corrupt practices. As such, it reflects “the... [read full story]
