Bribe Payers Index (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation's

multinational corporations A multinational company (MNC), also referred to as a multinational enterprise (MNE), a transnational enterprise (TNE), a transnational corporation (TNC), an international corporation or a stateless corporation with subtle but contrasting senses, i ...

appear to engage in corrupt business practices. The first BPI was published by

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on October 26, 1999 and the last one in 2011.

The BPI 2011

Methodology

The BPI 2011 ranked 28 of the leading exporting countries on the likelihood their multinational businesses will use

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s when operating abroad. The ranking is calculated from responses by businesses to two questions on the

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’s Executive Opinion Survey. The first question asks for the country of origin of foreign-owned companies doing the most business in their country. The second question is: "In your experience, to what extent do firms from the countries you have selected make undocumented extra payments or bribes?" Answers are to be given on a scale of 1 (bribes are common or even mandatory) to 10 (bribes are unknown). The BPI ranking is the averaged score, with higher scores suggesting a lower likelihood of using bribery. These countries were selected as the leading international or regional exporting countries. Their combined global exports represented 75 percent of the world total in 2006.Source:

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, international finance statistics, 2005 figures. Available at: http://tistats.transparency.org/index.php/content/download/39275/622457 Countries that had paid the less bribes have a higher BPI.

BPI 2011 rankings

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Sources

Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2006 Analysis Report
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The BPI 2011

Methodology

BPI 2011 rankings

See also

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