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Corruption and governance measurement tools in Latin American countries
Measuring governance and corruption in Latin America
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Transparency International , 2006
This study identifies and presents the international, national and local tools that measure corruption and good governance in Latin America.
The mapping covers close to 100 tools in 17 countries in Latin America, including: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Tools are organized by type (opinion surveys, public sector diagnostics, private sector surveys etc.), and by country; some are single or multi-country tools. Each tool is described in terms of its coverage, source, methodology, purpose and impact.
The study also examines each tool in terms of the extent to which the information it captures is disaggregated along poverty and sex lines and the extent to which the survey allows for poverty and gender analysis on the perceptions, experiences and impact of corruption.
The main conclusion to draw from this mapping is that tools to measure corruption and governance are very useful tools and are able to create change, but can only do so if all stakeholders are invited to discuss the findings and if sustained education-sensitization efforts are carried out by the media, civil society organisations and also the public sector. Strong civil society organizations and political will are pre-conditions for enhanced use of the findings of empirical research in these areas.
