86% of the public believes that Israel's government is incapable of fighting corruption, according to the Global Corruption Barometer 2009, published today by Transparency International, represented in Israel by Shvil.
The Global Corruption Barometer, now in its sixth year, is the only global survey of people's attitude toward official corruption in their countries.
The survey found that 40% of the Israeli public believes that the country's political parties are the most corrupt public institution in the country - with a score of 4.3 on a scale of 1 (not at all corrupt) to 5 (extremely corrupt). 23% of the public believe that the Knesset is the most corrupt, with a score of 4; 19% of the public cited public officials, with a score of 3.6%; 6% cited the private sector, with a score of 3.3; 7% cited the media, with a score of 3.2; and 5% cited the judiciary, with a score of 2.9. Israel's average score was 3.5.
The proportion of Israelis who said that the government's actions against corruption was ineffective was the highest of any of the 69 countries in this year's survey. 86% of the public said that the government's actions against corruption were ineffective, and just 13% said that they were effective.
However, just 1% of Israelis said that they or members of their families gave a bribe in the past 12 months.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 3, 2009
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