REPORT ESTABLISHES CORRUPTION TABLE IN AFRICA

by The Anglo American | September 26, 2007 at 12:47 am

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Which African country has the most honest government? Which is the most corrupt? The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has published its yearly Index on Governance of African countries. The Foundation sets out to provide an objective and quantifiable method of measuring goverment performance in 48 African countries.

“We are shining a light on governance in Africa, and in so doing we are making a unique contribution to improving the quality of governance. The Ibrahim Index is a tool to hold governments to account and frame the debate about how we are governed. Africans are setting benchmarks not only for their own continent, but for the world. ” Mo Ibrahim

More information and the full index can be can be found at http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/

MAURITIUS is the best-run country in Africa, according to an index of governance published on Tuesday September 25th by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, a body set up to promote good governance in Africa. The performance of 48 sub-Saharan African nations was rated for 2000, 2002 and 2005 (the latest year for which data are available) using 58 measures. These included security, human rights, economic stability, the rule of law, poverty and health. Small island nations tend to be well governed, as do countries with open democracies, such as South Africa. Somalia, which has not had a functioning government since 1991, fares worst. Rwanda is the most-improved nation, moving up 18 places since 2000.