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[Global Corruption Report 2004] Corruption in Russian regions
Chirkova, Elena Bowser, Donald
Chirkova, Elena
Bowser, Donald
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"Researchers are paying increasing attention to variations in perceived levels of corruption within countries. Marked variations characterise cross-country comparisons. To explore whether such variations also define large federal states – and to dispel the myth of Russia as monolithic – TI Russia carried out a public opinion survey entitled the Corruption Index for Russian Regions.2 Funded by the Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation), the survey was designed to create a multidimensional picture of corruption in Russia. It sought to capture the relative amounts of bribery, the characteristics of corrupt practices and the degree of public confidence in government institutions, both in the Russian Federation as a whole and across its regions. In July and August 2002, 5,666 individuals and 1,838 entrepreneurs (representing small and medium businesses) were surveyed in 40 out of Russia’s 89 regions. The survey involved two questionnaires, which targeted private citizens and businessmen. Questions related to both perceptions and personal experiences of corruption. Results were aggregated to develop composite corruption indices. The survey addressed different forms of corruption, including both private sector corruption and petty corruption between citizens and public officials. Within the area of private sector corruption, the survey assessed both administrative corruption (involving corruption between businesses and authorities) and state capture (involving the impact of businesses on policy-making). Questions on trust assessed the degree of public trust in different levels of government (federal, regional and local) and in different institutions (executive, judiciary, legislature and law enforcement agencies)."(pg 295)
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2004
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0745322301.
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