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The time has come for evidence-based anticorruption

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Despite significant investment, contemporary anticorruption efforts have failed to be effective. A new index — the Index of Public Integrity — offers a transparent, evidence-based approach to controlling corruption and measuring progress.

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Figure 2: The top and bottom 10 out of 105 countries listed in the Index for Public Integrity.

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  1. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi is a professor at the Hertie School of Governance, Friedrichstraße 180, 10117, Berlin, Germany.,

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Mungiu-Pippidi, A. The time has come for evidence-based anticorruption. Nat Hum Behav 1, 0011 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-016-0011

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