Public sector corruption isn't simply about taxpayer money going missing. Broken institutions and corrupt officials fuel inequality and exploitation - keeping wealth in the hands of an elite few and trapping\r
many more in poverty.\r
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Based on expert opinion from around the world, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. Not one of the 168 countries assessed in the 2015 index gets a perfect score and two-thirds score below 50, on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). More than 6 billion people live in a country with a serious corruption problem.
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