CPI Ranking Scores aside, effective institutions can curb corruption

Clinton Urling

By Clinton Urling

Recently, when the local chapter of Trans-parency International (TI) announced the results of the latest edition of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), the report raised many eyebrows and ruffled many feathers throughout the community. For some the revelation that Guyana is “the most corrupt country in English-speaking Caribbean” was an accurate assessment of the state of affairs, while others disagreed vehemently about the verdict.

Before venturing an opinion on the verdict’s validity it is worthwhile to