Corruption in Senegal
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On Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index, Senegal scored 43 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Senegal ranked 70th among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.[1] For comparison with worldwide scores, Senegal's score was also the average score in 2023; the best score was 90 (ranked 1) and the worst score was 11 (ranked 180).[2] For comparison with regional scores, the average score among sub-Saharan African countries [Note 1] was 33. The highest score in sub-Saharan Africa was 71 and the lowest score was 11.[3]
President Macky Sall of Senegal has taken some significant efforts to combat corruption in Senegal, including the establishment of several anti-corruption agencies, such as the Ministry of the Promotion of Good Governance and the reactivated Court of Repression of Economic and Financial Crime. The prosecution of corruption committed by officials has also increased under Sall's administration.[4]
The investigation into former President Abdoulaye Wade and his administration continues in 2014 after being charged for massive embezzlement and misuse of public funds.[5] Corruption is common among low-level officials and petty corruption is a fact of daily life.[6]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Republic of the Congo, Swaziland, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
[edit]- ^ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Senegal". Transparency.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "CPI 2023 for Sub-Saharan Africa: Impunity for Corrupt Officials, Restricted Civic Space & Limited Access to Justice". Transparency.org. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Senegal Corruption Profile". Business Anti-Corruption Portal. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "Business Corruption in Senegal". Business Anti-Corruption Portal. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
- ^ "BTI 2014 | Senegal Country Report". The Bertelsmann Foundation. Retrieved 27 March 2014.