Corruption in Papua New Guinea

Corruption is rife in Papua New Guinea (PNG).^[1] According to The Economist, "PNG's governments are notorious for corruption, and ever run the risk of turning the state into a fully-fledged kleptocracy".^[2]

Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index scores 180 countries according to the perceived corruption of their public sector on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). Those countries are then ranked by their score; the country ranked first is perceived to have the most honest public sector.^[3] In the 2023 Index, Papua New Guinea scored 29 and ranked 133rd. For comparison with worldwide scores, the best score was 90 (ranked 1), the average score was 43, and the worst score was 11 (ranked 180).^[4] For comparison with regional scores, the highest score among the countries of the Asia Pacific region^{[Note 1]} was 85, the average score was 45 and the lowest score was 17.^[5]

Papua New Guinea is below the satisfactory levels set by the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), according to a report submitted by Transparency International Papua New Guinea (TIPNG) in 2011. TIPNG’s report found that in many cases, anti-corruption bodies in PNG were restricted by shortcomings in financial resources.^[6]

^ The National Research Institute (November 2007). "CORRUPTION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES" (PDF). The National Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
^ J.F. (8 August 2011). "Papua New Guinea and Australia: Near neighbours, worlds apart". The Economist.
^ "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Papua New Guinea". Transparency.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ "CPI 2023 for Asia Pacific: Regional stagnation marked by inadequate delivery of anti-corruption commitments". Transparency.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
^ Transparency International Papua New Guine (14 October 2011). "Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption" (PDF). Transparency International Papua New Guinea.

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[CorruptionPNG-1] The National Research Institute (November 2007). "CORRUPTION IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES" (PDF). The National Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2012-01-19.

[2] J.F. (8 August 2011). "Papua New Guinea and Australia: Near neighbours, worlds apart". The Economist.

[3] "The ABCs of the CPI: How the Corruption Perceptions Index is calculated". Transparency.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[4] "Corruption Perceptions Index 2023: Papua New Guinea". Transparency.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[6] "CPI 2023 for Asia Pacific: Regional stagnation marked by inadequate delivery of anti-corruption commitments". Transparency.org. Retrieved 10 February 2024.

[UNODC-7] Transparency International Papua New Guine (14 October 2011). "Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption" (PDF). Transparency International Papua New Guinea.

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