At the opening of the Maljevac-Velika Kladusa border crossing, reporters asked the PM to comment on the latest Transparency International report. Sanader said he had not seen the report but added that Croatia made progress in that field.
As an example, Sanader stated the introduction of the one-stop-shop service, namely a service for issuing various permits to entrepreneurs through which corruption and bribe had been significantly reduced.
According to the report issued on the Transparency International web site today, the CPI for Croatia is the worst in the last five years. The country is ranked 70th among 159 with the CPI score 3.4. Last year Croatia was placed 67th among 146 countries with the CPI score 3.5.
Croatia shares the 70th place with Burkina Faso, Egypt, Lesotho, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Poland as the only EU country ranked 70th.
The survey has been conducted in Croatia since 1999. In 2000 the country's CPI rose from 2.7 to 3.9.
According to the results of the survey released today, the best ranked countries are Finland, Iceland and New Zealand. Denmark is second while the bottom of the list is shared by Bangladesh and Chad.