The American economy benefits from low levels of corruption.
Transparency International found low levels of corruption in Botswana, but the international nongovernmental organization was critical of secrecy in government bureaucracy.
Those that do, they found, are overwhelmingly small, wealthy and, especially, well governed, with sound legal institutions, low levels of corruption and checks and balances on government.
They score well on a package of key criteria that global financial firms are looking for: plenty of skilled people, ready access to capital, good infrastructure, attractive regulatory and tax environments and low levels of corruption.
With hard-headed, pro-business leadership, relatively low levels of corruption and a deluge of aid money including over half a billion pounds ($830m) from Britain's Department for International Development (DFID), which Mr Blair launched Rwanda's economic progress has been exemplary.
Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Stanford University and founding co-editor of the Journal of Democracy, has written recently of "a resilient form of capitalist-authoritarianism" in Asia that brings "booming development, political stability, low levels of corruption, affordable housing, and a secure pension system" — a model whose success or failure "will determine the fate of democracy".
From an objective standpoint, Finns experience a high quality of life, low levels of corruption, high literacy rates, a small income gap, wide access to health care, high life expectancy rates and a healthy work-life balance.
In particular, take a good look at the following: 1) the stability and overall political and corporate governance; 2) the legal environment, respect for contracts, low levels of corruption, due process and rule of law; 3) the macroeconomic environment including fiscal discipline and currency strength; and 4) political risks that could affect financial markets.
Government is characterized by low levels of corruption.
But it may also mean that relatively low levels of corruption in health services have powerful ripple effects in the public opinion.
