{"id":6435,"date":"2015-05-30T22:30:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T14:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2015-05-30T22:30:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T14:30:40","slug":"cause-for-celebration-inquirer-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/cause-for-celebration-inquirer-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause for celebration &#124; Inquirer Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>There\u2019s some really good news that gives us cause for celebration, and there\u2019s 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\u2019s 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\u2019s what I found:Our Corruption Perception Index(Various Years)Year(1) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 CPI Value(2)\u00a0\u00a0 Country Rank(3) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Percentile(4)1995 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 36th of 41 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 122000 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 69th of 90 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 232005 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 117th of 159 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 262010 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 134th of 178 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 252011 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.6 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 129th of 182 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 292012 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 34 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 105th of 174 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 402013 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 94th of 175 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 462014 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 38 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 85th of 175 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 51<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/opinion.inquirer.net\/85328\/cause-for-celebration\">Cause for celebration | Inquirer Opinion<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s some really good news that gives us cause for celebration, and there\u2019s 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\u2019s Corruption Perception &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/30\/cause-for-celebration-inquirer-opinion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cause for celebration &#124; Inquirer Opinion&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}