List of “Most Corrupt Countries”

Forbes.com has this slide-show featuring The Most Corrupt Countries. The source for the info is apparently Transparency International (though Forbes.com gives way too little info about the source of the data, how it was gathered, etc. Still interesting reading.)
[Tech note: the slide show proceeds automatically, and too quickly. There are controls just above the pictures that supposedly let you control the speed.]

Topping the list: Chad

What may turn out to be the single most piggish use of philanthropic funds has placed Chad at the top of the list of the world’s most corrupt nations. Proceeds from a project, funded in part by the World Bank, to build an oil pipeline through Chad and Cameroon were to have helped feed the desperately poor people of these nations. Instead, some $30 million was diverted to buy arms to keep in power the government of President Idriss Deby.

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