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Corruption in Bangladesh has been a continuing problem. Between the year of 2001 and 2005, Bangladesh was ranked the most corrupt country in the world consecutively five times in a row by Transparency International according to Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).[1] Although, the status started to improve from 2006, the country remained pretty much at the top of the list of the most corrupt countries.
According to the latest ranking of 2015, with the CPI of 25 in 100 Bangladesh has been placed at the 139th position among 168 countries in the world.[2][3]
Student politics
In the public universities and colleges the student wings of political parties dominate the campuses and residential halls through crime and violence to enjoy various unauthorized facilities. They control the residential halls to manage seats in favor of their party members and loyal pupils. They eat and buy for free from the restaurants and shops nearby. They extort and grab tenders to earn illicit money. They take money from the freshmen candidates and put pressures on teachers to get an acceptance for them. They take money from the job seekers and put pressures on university administrations to appoint them.[4]
Effect of Corruption
Economic growth
GDP growth has not been able to achieve its desired pace. For instance, in 2005, Vietnam had a GDP of USD 57.63 billion, and, Bangladesh had a GDP of USD 60.27 billion. In 2013, the GDP of Bangladesh has become USD 149.99 billion, whereas, the GDP of Vietnam has become USD 171.39 billion.[5]
Data from the World Bank shows that the countries like Singapore, Chile, Peru and Vietnam had similar GDPs, around USD 20 billion, around the 1985s. But, with the span of last thirty years all of them well surpassed Bangladesh.[6]
Anti Corruption Commission
Anti Corruption Commission Bangladesh often abbreviated: ACC was formed through an act promulgated on 23 February 2004 that into force on 9 May 2004.
CPI of Bangladesh
The following table is depicting the comparison of Corruption Perceptions Index of various countries in South Asia as rated by Transparency International.[7]
| Years | Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Myanmar | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
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| 1997 | N/A | 45(2.75) | 58(2.53) | ||||||
| 1998 | N/A | 66(2.9) | 71(2.7) | ||||||
| 1999 | N/A | 72 (2.9) | 87(2.2) | ||||||
| 2000 | N/A | 69(2.8) | N/A | ||||||
| 2001 | 91 (0.4) most corrupt | 71(2.7) | 79(2.3) | ||||||
| 2002 | 102(1.2)most corrupt | 72(2.7) | 77(2.6) | ||||||
| 2003 | 133(1.3)most corrupt | 83(2.8) | 92(2.5) | ||||||
| 2004 | 145(1.5)most corrupt | 90(2.8) | 129(2.1) | ||||||
| 2005 | 158(1.7)most corrupt | 88(2.9) | 144(2.1) | ||||||
| 2006 | 156(2.0) 8th most corrupt | 70(3.3) | 142(2.2) | ||||||
| 2007 | 162(2.0) 7th most corrupt | 72(3.5) | 138(2.4) | ||||||
| 2008 | 139(2.4) | 84(3.4) | 139(2.4) | ||||||
| 2009 | 139(2.4) | 84(3.4) | 139(2.4) | ||||||
| 2010 | 134(2.4) | 87(3.3) | 143(2.3) | ||||||
| 2011 | 120(2.7) | 95(3.1) | 134(2.5) | ||||||
| 2012 | 144(2.6) | 94(3.6) | 139(2.7) | ||||||
| 2013 | 136(2.7) | 94(3.6) | 127(2.8) | ||||||
| 2014 | 145(2.5) 14th most corrupt | 85(3.8) | 126(2.9) | ||||||
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References
- ↑ e.V., Transparency International. "Research – CPI – Corruption Perceptions Index 2001". www.transparency.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Bangladesh's CPI 2015 score is same as 2014, slips one position from bottom: TIB calls for challenging impunity and bring the corrupt to justice". www.ti-bangladesh.org. Transparency International Bangladesh. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ↑ e.V., Transparency International. "Transparency International – The Global Anti-Corruption Coalition". www.transparency.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
- ↑ "Political Parties and Political Violence". Refworld. Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada. May 1, 1994. Retrieved April 28, 2015 – via UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
- ↑ ,. "GDP Comparison". World Bank. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ ,. "GDP Comparison". World Bank. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ e.V., Transparency International. "Research – CPI – Overview". www.transparency.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
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