国际清廉指数：转向民粹领袖可能会让腐败加剧

An anti-corruption watchdog is highlighting a link between inequality and government corruption with the release of its annual global index, saying people are increasingly looking to populist leaders who promise to tackle corruption, but are likely to make the situation worse.

“In countries with populist or autocratic leaders, we often see democracies in decline and a disturbing pattern of attempts to crack down on civil society, limit press freedom, and weaken the independence of the judiciary,” said Jose Ugaz, chair of Transparency International, as the group released its report Wednesday. “Instead of tackling crony capitalism, those leaders usually install even worse forms of corrupt systems.”

The report says countries need “deep-rooted systemic reforms” to address growing imbalances of power and wealth.

The Corruption Perceptions Index is based on surveys and reports of how business leaders and country experts perceive corruption in the public sector. It rates countries on a scale of 0-100, with 0 being a country that is highly corrupt and 100 being very clean.

In 2016, the report said more countries declined than improved when it came to corruption.

The highest ranked countries were Denmark and New Zealand, which each scored 90, Finland with 89 and Sweden with 88. The report said each of those countries has an open government, free press and independent judicial systems.

On the bottom of the index, Somalia ranked as the country with the most perceived corruption for the 10th consecutive year. It scored a 10. South Sudan (11), North Korea (12) and Syria (13) were also at the bottom of the index.

The five countries that serve as the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council represent varying stages of the index, with Britain (81) among the least corrupt, followed by the United States (74) and France (69).

“透明国际”（Transparency International）组织星期三公布年度清廉指数报告。“透明国际”主席何塞·乌盖兹说：“在民粹或专制领导人执政的国家，我们看到民主程度下降，以及压制公民社会，限制新闻自由和司法体系被削弱这一令人担忧的趋势“。乌盖兹说：“这些领导人没有设法治理裙带关系资本主义，通常他们实施更糟糕的腐败体系。”

报告说，这些国家需要进行深层体制改革来解决日益加剧的权力与财富之间的不平衡。

清廉指数报告的根据是对企业领导人和专家对各国政府腐败程度认知的调查。0分是最腐败，100分是最清廉。

报告说，2016年腐败程度恶化的国家多于有改进的国家。

丹麦和新西兰都获得90分，芬兰89分，瑞典88分。报告说，这些国家有开放的政府，自由媒体和独立司法制度。

索马里连续第10年成为得分最低的国家，只有10分，其次是南苏丹11分，朝鲜12分，叙利亚13分。

联合国安理会的5个常任理事国得分差距很大，英国属于最清廉的国家之一，得81分，其次是美国74分，法国69分。