Internet and the use of data for International Affairs

International Indicators by NGOs and other insititutions
Corruption (Transparency International)
Bribe Payers Perceptions Index (BPI)

Methodology

The questionnaire has developed through four stages:

The first draft was submitted to the Index Steering Committee at its meeting in Washington, DC, February 1999.

A second draft emerged from discussions with business people, journalists, public officials, etc. in the course of focus groups.

The third version was tested in the pilot survey in Gallup Argentina.

The final version is used in the actual survey.

The questionnaire is essentially aimed at producing two major new rankings. The first is an index of major exporting countries, ranked by the propensity of their companies to bribe while doing business abroad. The second is a ranking of the international business sectors perceived as being most - and least - prone to corruption. Both measures, like the CPI, are based on perceptions. In this case, we have identified a sample which should be well-placed to provide us with insights in the matter: top executives in the world's major emerging markets.