30 abril 2004

ECOPOL

Flawed Democracies: No single country achieved a "very strong" ranking on the Public Integrity Index [...]
Of the 25 countries, just six ranked "strong": the United States, which finished first, followed by Portugal, Australia, Italy, Germany and South Africa. [...]
Portugal is the only country where civil servants who report corruption are "often" protected from recrimination or other negative consequences.