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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114924 11/02/2003 5:49 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Thought people might be interested in this rating of corruption in the world: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/gov_cor Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114925 11/02/2003 6:15 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Curious, Aotearoa/NZ isn't even listed, yet when a similar survey was released last month, it placed 3rd (3rd least corrupt, that is). noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114926 11/02/2003 6:18 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui Oddly, clicking on "restrict to bottom 10" in that link, Jackie, brings up this: http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph-B/gov_cor&int=10 noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114927 11/02/2003 8:00 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk dodyskin addict dodyskin addict Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 475 manchester uk if you change it this http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/gov_cor&int=-1 nz pops up at 101 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114928 11/02/2003 10:59 PM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 Apparently Nigeria was top of the list originally, but bribed Bangladesh to front the queue... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114929 11/04/2003 1:23 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 belMarduk Carpal Tunnel belMarduk Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,891 I wonder how they came up with this? And in this type of situation, I wonder if it isn't because some people just hide corruption better. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114930 11/04/2003 11:57 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada They just tried to bribe people to admit to corruption. If they accepted they were on the list. The more money it took the lowere down the list you go. [cynical smirk-e] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Oh, to live in Denmark! (non-word post) #114931 11/05/2003 3:56 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui In reply to: I wonder how they came up with this? And in this type of situation, I wonder if it isn't because some people just hide corruption better. The site appears to connected to an outfit called transaprency.org and I think that that is what is being measured most, the assumption being that more open and transparent business, politic, policing etc. are, the less conducive they are to the growth of corruption. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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