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A welcome global shift against corruption

The Christian Science Monitor
Surveys of global opinion are rare enough. Even rarer are those that reveal how honest much of humanity can be. A new poll by the anti-corruption watchdog group Transparency International finds that two-thirds of people who have been asked to pay bribes.

Study Finds One in Four People Pay Bribes Worldwide

Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has released a sweeping report analyzing global corruption. Ever Paid a Bribe?

PBS News Hour

By: Elizabeth Shell and travis daub

One out of four people have paid a bribe in the last twelve months. This is according to Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Barometer, a worldwide survey of 114,000 people cataloging their direct experiences.