Corruption Perception Index 2019: Thinking about Ukraine
Corruption Perception Index 2019: Thinking about Ukraine

Author(s): Igor Burakovsky
Subject(s): Public Administration, Economic policy, Business Ethics, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Keywords: corruption;
Summary/Abstract: According to new Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2019 published by Transparency International, Ukraine scored 30 points out of 100. It means that Ukraine gone back to the level of 2017 and now ranks 126th out of 180 countries alongside Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Djibouti. These results are more or less consistent with the domestic perception that during last two years the “internal anti-corruption drive” has significantly lost its momentum. It took a lot of time and efforts to create the system of special anti-corruption agencies such as National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), Specialized Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) and High Anticorruption Court. However, their failure to act efficiently prompted the necessity to “re-launch” this system. The new Parliament rapidly adopted new laws on the NACP and the State Investigation Bureau. Even in a best-case scenario, these re-launched anti-corruption bodies will still need two-to-three years for fine-tuning to become up and running at full capacity, and for their political independence to be effectively preserved.

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