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