DUSHANBE, July 28, 2011, Asia-Plus — The findings of the second nationwide survey on the perception of corruption in Tajikistan were presented on July 25.
Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, Suhrob Sharipov, says the corruption situation has deteriorated in the country.
“The threat has increased considerably,” noted Sharipov, “The range of corrupt services increased from 60 percent in 2006 to 83 percent in 2010. In 2006, the risk of getting into corruption situation was little more than 31, while now it is 46 percent. The demand for corruption has increased from 25 to 40 percent.”
Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Law Abdulvohid Shamolov, who headed the group that conducted the survey, noted that questionnaire did not include question about corruption at the highest echelons of power – the president and the government. “We studied only those structures that people directly face,” he said.
According to those surveyed, traffic police are the most corrupt structure in the country — 32.3 percent. Among the top five are also medical facilities — 30.6 percent, higher educational institutions — 23.9 percent, anticorruption agency — 21.4 percent, and law enforcement agencies (police, tax committee and customs service) – 20.7 percent.
We will recall that two nationwide surveys on the perception of corruption in Tajikistan were conducted in the country in the framework of the UNDP project, Improving Public Sector Management System (IPSMS).
The first survey was conducted by the Center for Strategic Studies in cooperation with UNDP Tajikistan in 2006. The survey results reportedly helped to further identify ways to combat this scourge.
Repeated nationwide research on the perception of corruption in Tajikistan was conducted in 2010. It used the same methodology.
2,000 people were surveyed during the 2006 survey and more than 3,000 people were surveyed during the 2010 survey.
