Corruption

• Corruption: abuse of power, often involving money or other valuable things.
• Rank 4th: Rank of the Philippines as one of the most corrupt countries in Asia
• 8/10: the score of the Philippines in a survey conducted by Hongkong based - Political and Economic Risk Consultancy
• 77/102: ranking of the Philippines in terms of fighting graft and corruption, a survey conducted by the Transparency International
• The Philippines got a score of 2.6 in corruption index with 10 as the highest possible score for a country that has no corruption.
• 3.5: score of the Philippines in corruption index as surveyed by Corruption Perception Index
• 101/176: Philippine ranking in corruption
• Its ranking worsened to 101 and rank out of 176 countries compared to 95th place out of 168 in 2015.
• In 2014, the Philippines was ranked 85th

  out of 175 countries, with a score of 3.8 out of 10.
• Corruption Effects

  • Low investors
  • Negative impact on economic growth
  • Income inequality/Poverty
• Government Actions

  • Anti-corruption Committees/Task Force
  • Ombudsman Act
  • Anti-graft and Corrupt Practices Act
  • Awareness Programs
  • Mamamayan Muna Program