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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It came out better than China and India and a long way ahead of Russia in the latest index of perceptions of corruption compiled by Transparency International, a German NGO.

德国民间机构“国际透明组织”汇编的最新贪腐认知指数，巴西的排名优于中国和印度，更遥遥领先俄罗斯。

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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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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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