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ACCORDING TO WB DATA, FREQUENCY OF BRIBING BY ARMENIAN COMPANIES REMAINS UNCHANGED
YEREVAN, JULY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the latest evaluations of
the World Bank, the frequency of bribing by Armenian companies in 2005
as compared with 2002 has remained unchanged. At the same time, the
WB report titled "Fighting Corruption in Countries with Transitional
Economy" read that in Armenia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan the data of
2002 and 2005 are almost the same, which shows that corruption is not
considered such a serious problem there as in another CIS countries.
In spite of the fact that in Croatia, Lithuania, Armenia and Hungary
the proportion of bribes' "tax load" in the revenues of companies
has not essentially changed in the above mentioned three years,
the quick growth of these countries' economies gives an occasion
to suppose that the total amount of resources spent on bribes have
considerably increased in this period.
According to WB's survey on business environment and entrepreneurial
activity, in the period from 2002 to 2005 corruption as a problem
impeding business has been considerably mitigated in Bulgaria, Latvia,
Slovakia, Ukraine, Georgia and Slovenia, whereas the situation in
Albania, Russia and Azerbaijan has considerably worsened and in
Armenia and Macedonia it has become a more serious problem.
YEREVAN, JULY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the latest evaluations of
the World Bank, the frequency of bribing by Armenian companies in 2005
as compared with 2002 has remained unchanged. At the same time, the
WB report titled "Fighting Corruption in Countries with Transitional
Economy" read that in Armenia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan the data of
2002 and 2005 are almost the same, which shows that corruption is not
considered such a serious problem there as in another CIS countries.
In spite of the fact that in Croatia, Lithuania, Armenia and Hungary
the proportion of bribes' "tax load" in the revenues of companies
has not essentially changed in the above mentioned three years,
the quick growth of these countries' economies gives an occasion
to suppose that the total amount of resources spent on bribes have
considerably increased in this period.
According to WB's survey on business environment and entrepreneurial
activity, in the period from 2002 to 2005 corruption as a problem
impeding business has been considerably mitigated in Bulgaria, Latvia,
Slovakia, Ukraine, Georgia and Slovenia, whereas the situation in
Albania, Russia and Azerbaijan has considerably worsened and in
Armenia and Macedonia it has become a more serious problem.