The Institute for Ethics and Economic Policy (IEEP) Fordham University is a renowned Jesuit institution with over 165-year history of emphasis on ethics.	To promote Governance with Respect Ethics Accountability and Transparency (GREAT) SWEDEN Join a Discussion site, where you can click on “New Topic.” Transparency International’s corruption rank for this country in 2000=3, corruption perception index =9.4
Two Swedes jailed over bribes in Kenyan deal. Two Swedish businessmen have been convicted on bribery charges related to a roads project in Kenya funded by the World Bank. Claes Fjellner and Ejie Karlsson were jailed by a court in Huddinge, Sweden, for their role in a corruption syndicate which grounded a $115 million plan to improve 26 urban roads. The two were involved in the bribery of World Bank officials overseeing the Kenya Urban Transportation Improvement Project. (The Daily Nation (Nairobi) 06 Feb 2004 summary by Sherldine Tomlinson). The OECD anti-Corruption report for Sweden can be found at http://www.oecd.org/daf/nocorruption/report.htm The Index of Economic Freedom (by Driscoll-Holmes-Kirkpatrick) for 2001 places Sweden in the “Mostly Free” category with a rank of 31 (Ranks range from 1 for Hong Kong to 155 for North Korea, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 1, 2000). H. D. Vinod’s trimmed correlation analysis indicates that countries free from economic regulation are less corrupt. After allowing for some exceptions by 20% trimming, the correlation is near 0.9.		Recent news. Worldwide corruption Country Index has links to stories and information about corruption and governance in alphabetically listed geographical regions and countries. Quick Links to USA, China, India, Indonesia Resources which track corruption and provide information on good governance from around the world. Quotes or One-Liners against corruption. Corruption Info Exchange Description of our Project. IEEP Home Fordham Economics Faculty Fordham University
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