According to the study named Global Corruption Barometer Survey (GCBS) 2013, 57 percent people included in the survey in Nepal believe that cases of corruption have highly increased in the last two years. [break]
Likewise, 69 percent respondents believe that corruption is a serious problem in public sector, 42 percent say personal contact is important to access public services, while 67 percent believe the government effort to fight graft is ineffective.
Similarly, 70 percent believe political parties are the most corrupt institutions, followed by public service and bureaucracy (66 percent), police (58 percent), parliament (51 percent), judiciary (51 percent) and private sector (30 percent) in the top five places. Under the category, only 14 percent believe media is the least corrupt sector.
On lodging complaint against corruption cases, 61 percent responded positively whereas 43 percent say they are not aware about any institution to file their complaints and another 39 percent believe that they are not optimistic about action even if such complaints are lodged. 86 percent however believe citizens have a significant role in controlling corruption.
Also the survey reveals 43 percent have faced some incident in life when they were asked for bribe and 28 percent say they refused to give bribe when asked for.
The GCBS is a TI initiative started from 2003 and the study is carried out in 107 countries around the world. Nepal was included in the survey beginning 2011, with the present study being only the second edition for the country. A total of 100 households—53 percent males and 47 percent females— from all 58 municipalities of Nepal were included in the study.
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