Icelanders least corrupted 6. nóvember 2006 13:43 Children in Reykjavik Iceland is the least corrupted society in the world according to the organization Transparency International. Iceland shares the top place with Finland and New-Zealand. Haiti is the most corrupted society in the world; Myanmar (former Burma) and Iraq follow close behind. About half of the nations on the list get a score below three on the scale from 1-10, which means obvious corruption. The organization state the there is a strong connection between poverty and corruption. Corruption is what keeps a large number of mankind trapped in poverty. The fight against poverty in the world has to aim at eradicating corruption. Poor societies in the world all score below five. Icelanders were also at the top last year. Then Finland and New-Zealand followed in 2nd and 3rd place, and Denmark was in 4th place which they keep this year. For more information on the organization and the list go to www.transparency.org News News in English Mest lesið Vaktin: Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Flugslysið sem skók þjóðina og aldrei munu fást svör við Innlent Sakfelldur fyrir þátt í banaslysi en annar ökumaður aldrei fundist Innlent „Við erum ógeðslega sár fyrir hönd barnanna okkar“ Innlent Engar upplýsingar fást um tengsl konunnar við barnið Innlent Hagnast um hálfan milljarð og reiknar með þrefalt meira á næsta ári Innlent „Ég var barnið sem vildi ekki taka í höndina á kennaranum sínum“ Innlent Keyrði utan vegar og hafnaði á öðrum bíl sem valt Innlent Perlan þurfi að seljast fyrir áramót svo dæmið gangi upp Innlent
Iceland is the least corrupted society in the world according to the organization Transparency International. Iceland shares the top place with Finland and New-Zealand. Haiti is the most corrupted society in the world; Myanmar (former Burma) and Iraq follow close behind. About half of the nations on the list get a score below three on the scale from 1-10, which means obvious corruption. The organization state the there is a strong connection between poverty and corruption. Corruption is what keeps a large number of mankind trapped in poverty. The fight against poverty in the world has to aim at eradicating corruption. Poor societies in the world all score below five. Icelanders were also at the top last year. Then Finland and New-Zealand followed in 2nd and 3rd place, and Denmark was in 4th place which they keep this year. For more information on the organization and the list go to www.transparency.org
News News in English Mest lesið Vaktin: Forsetakosningar í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Kosningavaktin: Íslendingar ganga að kjörborðinu Innlent Flugslysið sem skók þjóðina og aldrei munu fást svör við Innlent Sakfelldur fyrir þátt í banaslysi en annar ökumaður aldrei fundist Innlent „Við erum ógeðslega sár fyrir hönd barnanna okkar“ Innlent Engar upplýsingar fást um tengsl konunnar við barnið Innlent Hagnast um hálfan milljarð og reiknar með þrefalt meira á næsta ári Innlent „Ég var barnið sem vildi ekki taka í höndina á kennaranum sínum“ Innlent Keyrði utan vegar og hafnaði á öðrum bíl sem valt Innlent Perlan þurfi að seljast fyrir áramót svo dæmið gangi upp Innlent