Total Score for De Jure Transparency 2021
This indicator captures the government’s commitment to transparency as reflected in national legislation and international agreements. It covers six categories, including ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the existence of a freedom of information law, and participation in initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership. Each country’s score is expressed as a percentage of the total possible score in the T-index.
| Indicator Factsheet | |
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| Theme | Regulation |
| Component | Public accountability |
| Dataset | Transparency Index |
| Name | Total Score for De Jure Transparency |
| Description | This indicator captures the government’s commitment to transparency as reflected in national legislation and international agreements. It covers six categories, including ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the existence of a freedom of information law, and participation in initiatives such as the Open Government Partnership. Each country’s score is expressed as a percentage of the total possible score in the T-index. |
| Methodology snapshot | The T-Index’s de jure component captures the countries’ legal commitments to various anti-corruption international agreements and treaties, specifically: -UNCAC ratification -Membership to Open Government Partnership (OGP) -FOI act present in national legislation -Ratification of either the OECD Convention against Bribery of International Officials, Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, World Trade Organization Agreement on Global Procurement (GPA), or the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) -Financial Action Task Force against Money Laundering or equivalent -Legal commitment for a central public register of beneficial ownership The existence of these 6 commitments in full is considered the ‘anti-corruption transparency’ target, and each component adds up equally to fulfill it to 100%, which is the equivalent of the maximum score of 6 points. |
| Scale | Low transparency to High transparency Note: For this indicator, max values are better. |
| Methodology | https://corruptionrisk.org/t-index-methodology/ |
| Attribution | Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (2022) "Transparency and Corruption: Measuring real transparency by a new index" Regulation and Governance. DOI: 10.1111/rego.1252 |
Other Indicators of the Public accountability component
Overall Regulation Comprehensiveness
The average comprehensiveness score across public procurement, political financing, financial disclosures, conflicts of interest and freedom of information.