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"Free website"/ Karim Magdy
Arab countries listed at the bottom of the list of corruption cases of 2018, the governments of these countries have not taken serious steps to combat this scourge. The UAE is the best Arab country in the fight against corruption, followed by Qatar.
The conclusions of the annual report on transparency, which indicated that the dangers facing democracy in the world are growing every day.
The organization has published the Corruption Perception Index for 2018. Denmark ranks first in the poorest countries with 88 points, while Somalia ranks last (180) with 10 points.
The report notes that the United States lost four points in the global corruption index in 2018, ranking among the top 20 countries for the first time since 2011 and occupying the center (22) with 71 points.
Zoe Reiter, the representative of the organization in the United States, said that it was a warning about the need to resolve conflicts of interest and the Excessive influence of the private sector and widen the gap between the rich and the poor.
On the other hand, Somalia was the most corrupt country with the highest rank (180), preceded by Syria and Yemen, where the two countries participated in the center (178), while the UAE ranked in 23rd place, with 70 points.
Achievements and challenges
According to the report, the performance of Egypt and Morocco in the fight against corruption have improved in 2018, each with three points compared to the 2017 index.
The report says that the Moroccan government has allowed access to legal information after years of repeated calls from civil society groups.
Egypt, despite three points compared to the index last year, has made little progress on the ground, as Egypt faces serious corruption cases.
The report adds that civil society organizations have been targeted by the Egyptian government by preventing its members from traveling, in addition to the ongoing arrests of activists.
The Administrative Control Commission was the main body responsible for investigating corruption cases in Egypt. It had restored some state assets and adopted an anti-corruption strategy within four years.
According to the Transparency Report, despite the government's efforts to fight corruption, political corruption is the main challenge in the Middle East and North Africa.
The report adds that many Arab governments are affected by their policies and that their budgets and their monetary banks are determined by the influence of personalities working for their personal interests at the expense of the citizens.
Without political will to fight corruption in the public sector, countries in the Middle East and Africa are abusing the rights of their citizens, the report says.
Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Lebanon were among the countries to be monitored in the years to come. They were described by transparency as "relatively stable, but because of their geographical or economic location they are in the spotlight".
Qatar and the UAE are more closely linked to the rest of the region, more closely to the efficiency of public administration, statistical capacity, human development level, GDP, health and social security. education, the report said.
Despite the power of both countries, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar lack democratic institutions and respect for political rights. This links the desire to eliminate corruption to the political will of the ruling class.
In Lebanon, the latest elections have raised concerns about the funding of political parties and the mismanagement of the electoral process: six months after the elections, Prime Minister Saad Hariri failed to form a new government in a very polarized country.
The countries of Syria, Libya, Yemen and Iraq have been replaced at the bottom of the index, given the challenges of instability, terrorism, war and conflict.
Yemen and Syria recorded the largest decline in the 2018 corruption index, reflecting the direct link between the war, serious human rights violations and corruption, the report said.
Here is a list of the ranking of Arab countries according to Transparency International's 2018 corruption perception index:
Iran and Turkey
Iran ranked 138th and Turkey ranked 78th in the Transparency International Corruption Index.
Corruption levels in Turkey have increased with decreasing political and civil rights and the erosion of attempts to weaken accounting institutions, the report said.
The consumer price index in Turkey rose from 50 to 41 in 2013, while the index of freedom in Turkey was reduced by almost half, the number of points rising from 61 to 32.
In this year's index of freedom, Turkey has moved from "partially free" to "not free".
Iran fell to 138th position in the 2018 index, compared with 130th in the 2017 index.
While Iran scored about 30 points in the 2017 index, the number of points dropped in 2018 to 28.
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