Transparency International (TI), the global civil society organization leading the fight against corruption for the last 25 years has scored Ghana 41% in the 2018 Corruption Perception Index (CPI).
This shows an improvement after Ghana scored 40% in the 2017 Corruption Perception Index (CPI). This score is a positive departure from the continuous drop the country has been experiencing since the year 2015.
Ghana was also ranked 78 out of the 180 countries included in the 2018 CPI.
Speaking to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive, Linda Ofori Kwarfo, Executive Director for Ghana Integrity Initiative, a local chapter of Transparency International (TI), explained that the score is a positive departure from the continuous drop the country has been experiencing since the year 2015.
She noted that the 2018 CPI used nine out of the thirteen (13) data sources of independent institutions with a high level of credibility to compute the score for Ghana.
The data sources include World Bank Country Policies and Institutional Assessment, World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey, Global Insight Country Risk Ratings, Bertelsmann Foundation Transformation Index, African Development Bank Country Policy and Institutional Assessment, World Justice Project Rule of law Index Expert Survey, The Political Risk Service International Country Risk Guide, Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem).
According to the Executive Director for GII the Several factors including policies and initiatives by government and state institutions implemented during the period under consideration accounted for this year’s improvement.
She also stated that the enhanced performance of the Audit Service and the Auditor General in discharging their constitutional mandate and ensuring the protection of the public purse could have made some impact on the 2018 CPI score.
“The paperless port clearing system under the Digital Inclusive Agenda and the establishment of the Office of the Special Prosecutor to fight corruption and corruption-related offences in spite of the office’s teething challenges could have equally impacted on Ghana’s 2018 CPI score. The ongoing Judicial Service reforms including efforts to promote high standards of integrity amongst Judges and Magistrates, and Judicial staff, and the E-Justice System cannot also go unmentioned”, she added.
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