GREA$E money

Business Asia, March 3, 2000

BA'S eye on Asia

1999 Transparency International Bribe Payers Index

RANK   COUNTRY                 SCORE

 1     Sweden                   8.3
 2     Australia                8.1
       Canada                   8.1
 3     Austria                  7.8
 4     Switzerland              7.7
 5     Netherlands              7.4
 6     United Kingdom           7.2
 7     Belgium                  6.8
 8     Germany                  6.2
       United States            6.2
 9     Singapore                5.7
10     Spain                    5.3
11     France                   5.2
12     Japan                    5.1
13     Malaysia                 3.9
14     Italy                    3.7
15     Taiwan                   3.5
16     South Korea              3.4
17     China                    3.1
       (Including Hong Kong)

Notes: The survey questions related to leading exporters paying bribes to senior public officials. 10 represents a perceived level of negligible bribery, while 0 represents responses indicating very high levels of bribery.