Taiwan expected to score high in defense anti-graft index

The GDAI, complied by the Berlin-based nongovernmental organization Transparency International (TI), measures the risk of corruption in defense establishments in 82 countries, including Taiwan.

According to TI's Taiwan branch, the GDAI is the first of its kind, and the survey provides a detailed analysis of corruption-related issues facing defense establishments around the world.

The results are based on a comprehensive questionnaire of 77 questions, each with “model” answers, TI-Taiwan said.

The aim of the index is to provide defense officials with practical guidance on how to build integrity and reduce the risk of corruption, and to provide civil society with a tool to monitor reform progress, it added.

The index ranks each country from A to F, with A reflecting very low defense corruption risk and F reflecting a critically high risk level.

The results are also disaggregated into five key risk areas: Political, Financial, Operations, Personnel, and Procurement Risk.

The CNA report said TI previously sent its anti-corruption expert Mark Pyman to Taiwan in May, 2012 to review the nation's progress and achievements in the field.

Pyman left with a favorable impression of Taiwan, sources told the CNA.

The fact that TI is choosing to make public its debut GDAI survey in Taipei also shows that Taiwan's anti-corruption efforts are paying off, the source said.

TI is a nongovernmental organization that monitors and publicizes corporate and political corruption.

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