LOVE

And, its so true..all the time..

The world we live

Well I was preparing for a presentation for my office work and guess what I got. I was taken aback by looking at a report by a German company called Transparency International which is a non-governmental organization fighting corruption and trying to raise public awareness of it.

Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)[ordering the countries of the world according to "the degree to which corruption is perceived to exist among public officials and politicians".The organization defines corruption as "the abuse of entrusted power for private gain".
The 2003 poll covered 133 countries; the 2007 survey, 180. A higher score means less (perceived) corruption. The results show seven out of every ten countries (and nine out of every ten developing countries) with an index of less than 5 points out of 10.

The CPI also shows the ranking of each nation according to the corruption level. My country stands at 84 and it sucks big time. Although this index has drawn increasing criticism in the decade since its launch, leading to calls for the index to be abandoned. This criticism has been directed at the quality of the Index itself, and the lack of actionable insights created from a simple country ranking. Because corruption is willfully hidden, it is impossible to measure directly; instead proxies for corruption are used. The CPI uses an eclectic mix of third-party surveys to sample public perceptions of corruption through a variety of questions, ranging from "Do you trust the government?" to "Is corruption a big problem in your country?"

The use of third-party survey data is a source of criticism. The data can vary widely in methodology and completeness from country to country. The methodology of the Index itself changes from year to year, thus making even basic better-or-worse comparisons difficult. Media outlets, meanwhile, frequently use the raw numbers as a yardstick for government performance, without clarifying what the numbers mean.

The lack of standardization and precision in these surveys is cause for concern. The authors of the CPI argue that averaging enough survey data will solve this; others argue that aggregating imprecise data only masks these flaws without addressing them. In one case, a local Transparency International chapter disowned the index results after a change in methodology caused a country's scores to increase—media reported it as an "improvement". Other critics point out that definitional problems with the term "corruption" makes the tool problematic for social science.

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Legend

I think I can tell heaven from hell...

Love..

Even the gurlz flirt..n thats when men get real crazy..

Where I'd Rather be instead of working right now

Any place where this statement is TRUE :)