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market economies. Thereby the ranking follows the nationality of the multinational companies
and not the nation where the corruption actually takes place. Unfortunately the index is not
updated regularly (last version from 2002) and only covers the 21 leading export nations.
Nevertheless, multinational companies from the leading export nations make up a high
portion of the world’s business activities. Therefore it seems worthwhile to make use of the
index in SLCAs.
Indicator 4: Sector corruption rankings
In addition to the regional dimension of corruption risks it is widely agreed upon, that there is
also a sector dimension of corruption. It is well known for example, that corruption is endemic
in the construction sector, while manufacturing processes are clearly less associated with the
problem. Within the Transparency International Bribe Payers Index, such a sector ranking is
presented:
Tabelle 20
Sector corruption ranking
Sector
Rating (0 = worst, 10 = best)
Public Infrastructure / construction 1,3
Defence industry 1,9
Oil & gas industry 2,7
Real estate 3,5
Telecommunication 3,7
Energy production / delivery 3,7
Mining 4,0
Transport & storage 4,3
Pharmaceutical industry / Health care 4,3
Heavy Industry 4,5
Finance 4,7
Civil Aviation 4,9
Forestry 5,1
IT 5,1
Fishery 5,9
Light Industry 5,9
Agriculture 5,9
Source: Transparency International
Although the ranking might still have potential for improvements, it seems to be a good start
to work with in SLCAs.
Proposal to measure corruption in SLCA
None of the indicators seems to be entirely sufficient to be used in SLCAs as stand-alone
solution. Therefore we propose a methodology that uses a combination of different
indicators.
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