The Dominican Republic is listed third from bottom to top on a recent Americas Society / Council of the Americas report that evaluates 15 countries on 14 variables that rate the country’s ability to detect and prosecute corruption. The country only did better than Bolivia and Venezuela. This is the second edition of the Capacity to Combat Corruption (CCC) Index launched in 2019 to assess Latin American countries’ ability to uncover, punish and prevent corruption. The 2020 edition includes seven more countries than in 2019.
Rather than measuring perceived levels of corruption, the CCC Index evaluates and ranks countries based on how effectively they can combat corruption. Countries with a higher score are deemed more likely to see corrupt actors prosecuted and punished.
The CCC Index looks at 14 key variables, including the independence of judicial institutions, the strength of investigative journalism, and the level of resources available for combating white-collar crime. These variables are divided in three sub-categories: legal capacity, democracy and political institutions, and civil society, media, and the private sector. Countries’ overall scores are a weighted aggregate of these three sub-categories.
The index relies on extensive data and on a proprietary survey conducted among leading anti-corruption experts from Control Risks, academia, civil society, media, and the private sector.
The ranking is:
Uruguay (7.78 out of 10)
Chile (6.57)
Costa Rica (6.43)
Brazil (5.52)
Peru (5.47)
Argentina (5.32)
Colombia (5.18)
Mexico (4.55)
Ecuador (4.19)
Panama (4.17)
Guatemala (4.04)
Paraguay (3.88)
Dominican Republic (3.26)
Bolivia (2.71)
Venezuela (1.52)
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Americas Society
Noticias SIN
10 June 2020