Thailand's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) worsens

[webfact]

Thailand's Corruption Perception Index (CPI) worsens
By Digital Content



BANGKOK, March 10 - Thailand's leading private companies viewed that the country's corruption problems in the past two years have become more severe, while attempts to reduce the problem has improved, resulting in lower expenses on corruption.

The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) was recently conducted and presented at a seminar organised by the Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) and the Anti-Corruption Organization of Thailand.

Conducted among leading private companies by the Thai Institute of Directors during March-April 2013, he survey indicated that 93 per cent of 1,066 respondents viewed that the corruption level in Thailand is seriously high, while three-fourths or 75 per cent viewed that corruption continues to be practiced in the country.

Corruption was mostly conducted in three forms -- exploiting political positions to benefit one's own group of people, bribing with gifts or money, and corruption at policy level.

Industries with the highest tendency of corruption is telecommunication, energy, public utility and agriculture.

The survey pointed out that corruption causes the private sector higher spending of at least 10 per cent. Corrupt practices are mostly found in the public sector's procurement, permissions and licensing and the government's bidding projects respectively.

However, related studies conducted in 2013 found that losses due to corruption dropped significantly that year from 52 per cent in 2011 to 20 per cent. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2014-03-10

Edited March 10, 2014 by Tywais
Corrected op

[PepperMe]

Yet another great accolade for the PTP to be proud of.

[whybother]

To complete the OP ...

However, related studies conducted in 2013 found that losses due to corruption dropped significantly that year from 52 per cent in 2011 to 20 per cent. (MCOT online news)

http://mcot-web.mcot.net/9ent/site/view/id/531d784cbe0470bc148b45ff

[TVGerry]

As long as friends of the Shinawatras got richer, it doesn't matter if the CPI worsens!

[ETatBKK]

*note : perhaps my browser, the above news article not complete : 'However, related studies conducted in 2013 found that losses due to co '

CPI is the Consumer Pricing Index in an advanced economy, an indicator for possible inflation / deflation.

CPI becomes Corruption Perception Index in Thailand. OMG, it is still a perception; meaning, we are not able to identify the fact.

[Bkungbank]

Mother crab teachs baby crabs to walk straigh it will never sucess as mother only walk side

[PatOngo]

Let's build a mono rail to Don Muang......................

[seajae]

hahahahahaha and it coincides with what govt, really makes everyone wonder how people cannot see exactly what the ptp is doing to the country. The only way to attempt to stop it or at least slow it down is to remove yl and the rest of her incompetent party members, in my opinion of course.

[worgeordie]

Surely the above statement does not make sense, Corruption in last 2 years

has gotten worse, BUT attempts to reduce corruption have improved,its can

only be one or the other,not both.

regards worgeordie

[ezflip]

So, basically, corruption is still rampant BUT they are not as greedy as in the past...

[bangkokheat]

However, related studies conducted in 2013 found that losses due to corruption dropped significantly that year from 52 per cent in 2011 to 20 per cent. (MCOT online news)

doubt it, they probably found better ways to hide corruption

[lungmi]

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Surely the above statement does not make sense, Corruption in last 2 years

has gotten worse, BUT attempts to reduce corruption have improved,its can

only be one or the other,not both.

regards worgeordie

You are wrong and right.

Corruption in last 2 years
has gotten worse. Right.

The perception to fight corruption ameliorated.

Right.

There is no contradiction.

Polyvalent logic: Because the perception of real corruption is ameliorating, the perception of the need to fight corruption

is ameliorating too. The misuse of this is on the propaganda line of PTP.

Regards, and have a Jamie.

[whybother]

Let's build a mono rail to Don Muang......................

Actually, that's a mono-rail IN Don Muang ... between the various terminals and to the new BTS lines out front.

But I'm sure it will still be big enough to swipe a billion baht or so.

[clockman]

It is not perception, it is reality!

[Blackmirage2013]

Soooooo disappointing! Yingluck, Thaksin.... the whole group of them.... when is enough, enough? How much lying, stealing, deceiving and cheating do you need to do until you are satisfied and can begin to do things for people?

Sick of all the bullshit coming from her mouth.... just a very skilled liar.

[bigbamboo]

Soooooo disappointing! Yingluck, Thaksin.... the whole group of them.... when is enough, enough? How much lying, stealing, deceiving and cheating do you need to do until you are satisfied and can begin to do things for people?

Sick of all the bullshit coming from her mouth.... just a very skilled liar.

How much is enough? I guess it depends on who you are.

Bill Gates is worth 76 billion. Thaksin is worth 1.6 billion, his fortune having more than doubled in the last two years, somehow.

So there's plenty of catch up room.

[Soutpeel]

Soooooo disappointing! Yingluck, Thaksin.... the whole group of them.... when is enough, enough? How much lying, stealing, deceiving and cheating do you need to do until you are satisfied and can begin to do things for people?

Sick of all the bullshit coming from her mouth.... just a very skilled liar.

On a bit of a side bar.....in the android store just found a new game called Yingluck versus zombies, the screen shots look hysterical..... Do you think the Shins developed the game to try and get some cash for try rice scam ?

[rametindallas]

Soooooo disappointing! Yingluck, Thaksin.... the whole group of them.... when is enough, enough? How much lying, stealing, deceiving and cheating do you need to do until you are satisfied and can begin to do things for people?

Sick of all the bullshit coming from her mouth.... just a very skilled liar.

She is not so skilled; I never believed a word she says.

In the U.S. South she would be called mealymouthed: not willing to tell the truth in clear and simple language

I think she believes if she tells the truth, she will shatter into a million pieces.

If this puppet government had worked, for just the first year, honestly and for the benefit of the whole populace, Dr. Thaksin could have been able to come back, all forgiven, and then begin his stealing, the government, and Thailand, wouldn't be in the dire straights it is in. Greed knows no bounds.

[MaiChai]

What was all the talk Yingluck made about fighting corruption. Can we assume anything that she says is just lies?

[Thai at Heart]

How the hell does the Corruption Perception Index translate into thai?

Perception index.

How do you perceive thailands corruption?

Bad, good, none?

That is an absolute measure not a perception.

[webfact]

CORRUPTION POLL
Public sector graft worse, poll finds
Erich Parpart,
Pichaya Changsorn
The Nation


Deunden Nikomborirak

Lack of trust, poor enforcement highlighted

BANGKOK: -- Public sector corruption was a major problem last year, with the "Corruption Situation Index" (CSI) in December showing that 75 per cent of those polled saying it had got worse. That was up 12 percentage points from 2012. This trend needs to be rectified immediately through pressure from the whole community, social and business groups said.

Speaking at a seminar sponsored by the Thailand Development Research Institute yesterday, Deunden Nikomborirak, the TDRI's research director for economic governance, said: "The problem of corruption has been escalating since 2010 because Thais have lost their trust in politicians, and it is the most problematic factor for doing business in Thailand."

Sauwanee Thairungroj, president of the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC), which compiled the CSI, said 75 per cent of respondents believed that the current problem of corruption was worse than a year earlier, when the figure was 63 per cent.

The CSI's sample of 2,400 people consisted 51.9 per cent of ordinary citizens, 24.4 per cent civil servants and 23.6 per cent business operators.

Civil servants and politicians are the main sources of corruption, according to poll results from the UTCC and the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA).

The CSI found that 15.1 per cent of respondents believed that lack of enforcement and loopholes within the regulations were allowing rampant corruption in the public sector, usually in the form of "using political positions for personal benefit" (15 per cent), bribery (14.8 per cent), corrupted policy (12.2 per cent) and nepotism and cronyism (12.2 per cent).

A NIDA poll of 1,249 individuals in 2013 also found that lack of enforcement (45.88 per cent) and loopholes within the law (39.69 per cent) were the main factors worsening corruption.

Suvicha Pouaree, director of the NIDA poll, said other surveys it had conducted last year also found that the majority of people believed that government mega-projects were most prone to corruption because of the amount of money involved.

The polls showed that a majority believed that the planned Bt2-trillion infrastructure (74.78 per cent) and water-management (82.93 per cent) programmes would be prone to corruption. However, only a minority (31.3 per cent) believed that the late payments to farmers in the rice-pledging scheme were also due to graft.

Yet another survey, this one by the Thai Institute of Directors (IOD) with a sample size of 1,066 company directors, managers and chief executives, found that 75 per cent of business operators believed that corruption had been on the rise in the past two years, and 93 per cent believed that the problem was at the high to highest level. However, 38 per cent still thought the problem of corruption could still be solved.

The survey found that the communications (15 per cent), energy (14), agriculture (11), real estate (10), and construction sectors (9 per cent) were most prone to corruption.

Like the UTCC and NIDA polls, the IOD survey also found that lack of enforcement and transparency were the main factors that allow corruption to continue to exist.

In the IOD survey, 93 per cent of business operators said corruption was hampering their ability to do business in the private sector, and 68 per cent said the problem was affecting their businesses severely. Some 55 per cent said the biggest problem was rising operating costs and 24 per cent said they would have to increase the prices of their products and services because of corruption.

A large majority (84 per cent) of business leaders told the IOD poll that they believed the country's economy would grow substantially if corruption were wiped out, while 70 per cent believed the private sector was crucial for the prevention of corruption.

Thanee Chaiwat, an economic professor at Chulalongkorn University, said "society was ready to get rid of corruption and the government needed to facilitate it", while Suvicha said: "The government is hopeless, and it is up to society and the private sector to fight against corrupt politicians."

Prasong Lertratwisuth, executive director of the Isra Institute, said a government procurement website had been set up some time ago but it provided little information. Despite the requirement of Anti-Corruption Act that government agencies show their standard bidding prices on the website, he said, the Prime Minister's Office was among the first agencies not to follow the rule, since it had not reported its expenses on promotional events for the government's Bt2-trillion baht investment project.

"The [National Anti-Corruption Commission] should take action against the Office of the Prime Minister," he said.

Prasong also urged the Thai Bankers' Association to ask its members to boycott borrowers who did not comply with transparency codes as stipulated by the private-sector Anti-Corruption Network.


-- The Nation 2014-03-11

[Thai at Heart]

"The problem of corruption has been escalating since 2010 because Thais have lost their trust in politicians, and it is the most problematic factor for doing business in Thailand."

Huh? Corruption got worse because people lost faith in politicians? If we have faith will corruption go down?

The dog was saying a rock and so politician corruption Thailand. Did she just make that statement so it would get high up on Google?

[whybother]

How the hell does the Corruption Perception Index translate into thai?

Perception index.

How do you perceive thailands corruption?

Bad, good, none?

That is an absolute measure not a perception.

It's what people THINK about the level of corruption, not the actual level of corruption.

[lovetotravel]

This increase in corruption and greed by the politicians is one of the biggest reasons for the current protests. But the government has done nothing to stop the corruption, actually has helped make it worse.

[Chupup]

The statment does not make any sence , but then TiT .....................................

[GAZZPA]

Surely the above statement does not make sense, Corruption in last 2 years

has gotten worse, BUT attempts to reduce corruption have improved,its can

only be one or the other,not both.

regards worgeordie

it makes sense if corruption is growing at a faster rate then the increases in detection and prevention.

Unlikely I agree but I suppose possible.

[bushwacker]

If 75% of the polled people believe that corruption is widely practiced in Thailand, then this tells me that 25% either do not have a clue, did not understand the question, or are the ones getting the bribes and do not want attention brought to bare on the issue.

This is like saying 75% of the polled people eat rice regularly and 25% of the Thais are yet to try this particular food.

Good POLL.

[primapagina]

<<Corrupt practices are mostly found in the public sector's procurement.>> This make sense.

<<...losses due to corruption dropped significantly that year from 52 per cent in 2011 to 20 per cent.>> This makes no sense.

As I read in many good opinion articles on Bangkok Post, the Thais are usually quite unaware that when 50 percent of a public procurement (a reasonable estimation) goes in a few private pockets, it's their money disappearing. And that when they accept money in exchange of their votes, the candidates once elected will find ways to get those money back, all of them and more, so - again - it's their money disappearing, in the end. You may try to tell this to them and see the reaction. In any case, I am not blaming only Thailand: I am Italian. In my country, public work corruption is supposed to be at 30 percent of the total work cost (less than Thailand, but much more than in almost all the others European countries on a perception-based index).

[Lupatria]

So, basically, corruption is still rampant BUT they are not as greedy as in the past...

Maybe actual corruption is on a short hold. Consider it keeps you busy and takes time to figure out how to get your share of a 2.2 trillion baht mega project.

[digibum]

If 75% of the polled people believe that corruption is widely practiced in Thailand, then this tells me that 25% either do not have a clue, did not understand the question, or are the ones getting the bribes and do not want attention brought to bare on the issue.

This is like saying 75% of the polled people eat rice regularly and 25% of the Thais are yet to try this particular food.

Good POLL.

What's that joke, a recent survey showed that 60% of men admit they have thought about cheating on their wives. The survey also showed that 40% of men are liars. :-)