The Index of Public Integrity (IPI) is a composite index consisting of six components: judicial independence, administrative burden, trade openness, budget transparency, e-citizenship and freedom of the press that assesses a society’s capacity to control corruption and ensure that public resources are spent without corrupt practices. It is based on years of research and the evaluation of the efforts of different societies to advance in the control of corruption.

It aims to give an objective, comprehensive picture of the state of control of corruption in 105 countries.

The IPI data and the interactive online tool provided here are aimed to help policy-makers and civil society leaders who want to improve the control of corruption in their societies. They enable users to compare countries to their peers in their region or income group in order to see the potential for improvement in specific policy areas. An in-depth analysis of these areas can help to develop evidence-based strategies to prevent or curb corruption. The IPI shows the significant areas for reforms – unless a country does well in all these areas it is unlikely to be able to control corruption. Anticorruption fighters need to have a holistic thinking and understand that the components of the index all work to create a balanced policy framework. It thus needs a broad alliance or conjugated independent efforts to achieve progress. Indicators for each component are only indicative; other measures in that areas should be sought as well, until independent observers can certify that the respective country has improved its performance. Some of the most common reforms in these policy areas are outlined below, but each country should research the reasons why it underperforms and develop its own strategy.

Website: http://integrity-index.org/