Transparency International, a civil society organization dedicated to curbing both international and national corruption, ranked the DR 63rd among 91 countries in its Corruption Perceptions Index 2001. The Dominican Republic was not included in the 2000 or 1999 Indexes. Other rankings in the Americas are: Canada (7th), USA (16th), Chile (18th), Trinidad & Tobago (31st), Costa Rica (40th), Peru (44th), Brazil (46th), Colombia (50th), Mexico and Panama (51st), El Salvador (54th), Argentina (57th), Dominican Republic (63rd), Guatemala (65th), Venezuela (69th), Honduras (71st), Ecuador (79th), Bolivia (84th), For more information, see http://www.transparency.org
