Transparency International recently ranked Yemen 146 out of 178 countries on their 2010 corruption perception index, ahead of only Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan in the region.

透明国际最新2010年清廉指数统计显示，也门在调查的178个国家中排名146，在所在地区仅领先伊拉克，索马里和苏丹。

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Its Open budget survey Index, released on October 19th, found that of 94 countries surveyed, 74 failed to meet basic standards of budget transparency.

国际预算合作10月19日公布的公开预算调查指数表明被调查的94个国家中有74个国家没有达到预算透明的基本标准。

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Much like Transparency International's more well-known Corruptions Perceptions Index, Wednesday's report is based on experts' perceptions rather than concrete evidence of bribery.

与“透明国际”更为知名的贪污印象指数极为相似，周三公布的行贿指数报告是基于专家的推测而非具体的行贿证据。

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Liberia ranks 138 on the 180-nation corruption index established by the good-governance group Transparency International.

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Countries are ranked on "perception" of corruption because statistical collection of illegal activities "are deliberately hidden and only come to light through scandals, investigations and prosecutions, " the Transparency Index web site says.

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But in the rankings index of Transparency International, a Berlin-based lobby, African countries are generally perceived as being the most corrupt.

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Let's look at the U.S. Over the past few years, traditional measures of corruption, such as the Corruption Perceptions Index by Transparency International, have placed the U.S. among the least corrupt nations in the world, currently ranking No. 18 among 180 rated countries.

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