Study shows Bosnia as “most corrupt country in region”

I wonder where the other countries in the region rank in that list.

Oh, and I want to see those anti-Serb posters give me some negative reviews of my post here. You know, I am a Serb, and as B92 posts more news on Kosovo than most places, it's only normal that Albanian trolls will vote Serbian comments as negative ,disregarding them completely. Without doubt, KosovoAndMetohija would be lower than Bosnia on this list, if it were a real country.

david guetta

This organisation has clearly shown in it's reports tht Serbia is more corrupt than Kosovo when it comes to everything beside judiciary. You can take information from the link page 29. Serbia is the second most corrupted state in the balkans after Bosnia.

Link. http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/gcb/2009

If Bosnia were a true Democracy and not run by foreign overlords it would be less corrupt.

I never argue that bosnia or every other balkan country, to a lesser or greater degree, are awash w/ corruption. it is true, esp.ly according to my frnds who are in positions to know about these matters, first hand. so why take offense if someone tells the truth?

HOWEVER, what is the intl. community doing about this ubiquitous corruption? taking a principled position, or laughing all the way to (their) banks? for bosnia in particular, which has supposedly been under intl "supervision" and where corruption just becomes more and more imbedded, whose fault is it? it may be a "balkan thing" but it isn't inevitable IF there is the right pressure and leadership from above. if there is appropriate action taken against criminals (politicians), and all of their lovely associates. there is such a thing as the rule of law or at least something that approximates it, but when the message is "each one for themself" then we are left with the current situation.

thank you.

roberto
frisco

If kosovo were a recognized country, it would be the most corrupt.

At the end of the day, the balkans are all corrupt. Its our mentality that corrupts us. There is a big difference in southern europe (balkan + italy, iberia) and northern europe.

Just my opinion.

These international comparisons all seem to show that smallish, rich-ish (at least, not poverty-stricken, but not suddenly rich, either), democratic countries that have been at peace for some time also score well on lack of corruption, governmental efficiency, freedom of the press, etc. I think it's like walking - one step forward (increased press freedom, say) off-balances the powers-that-be and requires more economic freedom which produces a demand for less corruption which produces a demand for ...

I forgot: the first step has to be an end to fighting. Then the process can start, just as it did in northern Europe. The order of the steps probably differs from country to country, and outside help (say, from the EU) should speed things up, but the import thing is allowing the citizens to keep up the pressure on the politicians.

Good luck to us all.

Smulan:
> This organisation has clearly shown in it's reports tht Serbia is more corrupt than Kosovo when it comes to everything beside judiciary.

Actually, it has shown nothing of the kind. TI's 'report' is basically nothing but an opinion poll conducted amongst the local population and so is pretty much useless for comparing different regions.

Might as well 'poll' the readers here - results would be about as useful.

david guetta

This organisation has clearly shown in it's reports tht Serbia is more corrupt than Kosovo when it comes to everything beside judiciary. You can take information from the link page 29. Serbia is the second most corrupted state in the balkans after Bosnia.

Link. http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/gcb/2009

I wonder where the other countries in the region rank in that list.

Oh, and I want to see those anti-Serb posters give me some negative reviews of my post here. You know, I am a Serb, and as B92 posts more news on Kosovo than most places, it's only normal that Albanian trolls will vote Serbian comments as negative ,disregarding them completely. Without doubt, KosovoAndMetohija would be lower than Bosnia on this list, if it were a real country.

If kosovo were a recognized country, it would be the most corrupt.

At the end of the day, the balkans are all corrupt. Its our mentality that corrupts us. There is a big difference in southern europe (balkan + italy, iberia) and northern europe.

Just my opinion.

I never argue that bosnia or every other balkan country, to a lesser or greater degree, are awash w/ corruption. it is true, esp.ly according to my frnds who are in positions to know about these matters, first hand. so why take offense if someone tells the truth?

HOWEVER, what is the intl. community doing about this ubiquitous corruption? taking a principled position, or laughing all the way to (their) banks? for bosnia in particular, which has supposedly been under intl "supervision" and where corruption just becomes more and more imbedded, whose fault is it? it may be a "balkan thing" but it isn't inevitable IF there is the right pressure and leadership from above. if there is appropriate action taken against criminals (politicians), and all of their lovely associates. there is such a thing as the rule of law or at least something that approximates it, but when the message is "each one for themself" then we are left with the current situation.

thank you.

roberto
frisco

Smulan:
> This organisation has clearly shown in it's reports tht Serbia is more corrupt than Kosovo when it comes to everything beside judiciary.

Actually, it has shown nothing of the kind. TI's 'report' is basically nothing but an opinion poll conducted amongst the local population and so is pretty much useless for comparing different regions.

Might as well 'poll' the readers here - results would be about as useful.

If Bosnia were a true Democracy and not run by foreign overlords it would be less corrupt.

These international comparisons all seem to show that smallish, rich-ish (at least, not poverty-stricken, but not suddenly rich, either), democratic countries that have been at peace for some time also score well on lack of corruption, governmental efficiency, freedom of the press, etc. I think it's like walking - one step forward (increased press freedom, say) off-balances the powers-that-be and requires more economic freedom which produces a demand for less corruption which produces a demand for ...

I forgot: the first step has to be an end to fighting. Then the process can start, just as it did in northern Europe. The order of the steps probably differs from country to country, and outside help (say, from the EU) should speed things up, but the import thing is allowing the citizens to keep up the pressure on the politicians.

Good luck to us all.