TI REPORT SHOWS CORRUPTION RIFE IN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
May 1st, 2016
A NEW survey has concluded at least 50 million people paid bribes just to access basic public services in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a 12 month period. Transparency International estimates are based on its September 2014 to
November 2015 survey of nearly 11,000 adults in nine countries and territories across the region: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian territories, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen. TI’s May 3 report also found a majority (61%) of respondents - and a staggering 92% in Lebanon - think that corruption has ...
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