Cause for celebration | Inquirer Opinion

There’s some really good news that gives us cause for celebration, and there’s also some bad news that gives us cause for concern. First, the good news: We have made some solid strides in our fight against corruption. While preparing for a talk at the Asian Development Bank, I looked at Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (CPI) from when it first started doing this index in 1995, and traced it through to 2014, for the Philippines, and for comparator countries. Here’s what I found:Our Corruption Perception Index(Various Years)Year(1)     CPI Value(2)   Country Rank(3)     Percentile(4)1995        2.8          36th of 41        122000        2.8          69th of 90        232005        2.5          117th of 159            262010        2.4          134th of 178            252011        2.6          129th of 182            292012        34           105th of 174            402013        36           94th of 175             462014        38          85th of 175             51

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