Nepotism and favouritism top most forms of corruption
People think corruption is highly concentrated at the top decision making level
Nepotism and favouritism in recruitment, promotion and transfer were the most common forms of corruption in the country as per the Bhutan Corruption Barometer Report 2016.
As per report conducted by the Bhutan Transparency Initiatives (BTI), nepotism and favouritism top the list followed by misuse of public funds and facilities and taking and giving bribes. Delaying decisions deliberately with corrupt motives was also perceived as significantly (66.8 percent) prevalent in the country.
Among the occupational groups, civil servants and students reported a comparatively higher prevalence of forms of corruption with 43.8 percent each such as nepotism/favouritism, misuse of public funds/assets. Private employees reported that the misuse of facilities as the most common form of corruption.
The higher proportion of urban citizens reported the prevalence of corruption of almost all forms compared with the rural citizens. In urban areas, nepotism and favouritism tops with 33.4 percent were as rural area with 24.6 percent.
Compared to female respondents, male respondents reported higher (30.9 percent) occurrences for nepotism and favouritism, prosecution of corruption cases as well as fronting involving Bhutanese to non-Bhutanese. Respondents who are below the age of 25-year were more adversely affected by the prevalence of corruption and therefore they were more concerned about it.
Citizens with formal education background reported as much higher with 32.6 percent prevalence of corruption of all forms compared with citizens with no formal education with just 16.9 percent. This may be attributed to their knowledge and understanding of their right and government systems.
Eastern region top the list with 42.2 percent.
A total of 10.2 percent of the citizens reported having paid a bribe in the past 12 months. At least 2.6 percent of the citizens reporting of bribing a government official to get the documents they needed. The proportion of citizens who paid a bribe was significantly higher in the urban areas (14.3 percent) than in rural areas (6.16 percent).
Discriminatory and non-uniform application of laws and rules were perceived to be the major causes of corruption. Other noticeable factor includes lengthy procedure, weak ad ineffective media and a strong protective social net of those accused of corrupt actions.
In term of the quality of service delivery, the respondents rated the Ministry of Education (MOE) as the best followed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the armed forces. On the contrary, the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MOLHR), the Judiciary and the private sector were rated as the worst (the least user-friendly entities).
Some 13.43 percent of the population thought that combating corruption would be an uphill task since it would mean taking on a powerful nexus of judges, bureaucrats, politicians and businessman. The study revels that people think that the corruption was highly concentrated at the top decision making level.
Preferential treatment were given to influential people was reported to affect the ordinary people to access to basic services and this was pointed out as one of the major problems in the health sector.
A high proportion of the population perceived judges as corrupt and more than the half of the population (63.2 percent) reported of some judges being corrupt, while 31.1 percent reported that most of the judges are being corrupt.
Around 46.5 percent reported unemployment was the most important problem facing in the country and they attributed the root cause of this problem to the poor quality of education in the country. The general perception of the people was that the corruption level in the country has been steadily increasing since the introduction of democracy.
The survey adopted a mix research method (quantitative and qualitative) with a sample size of 1,200 respondents from both rural and urban areas.
People think corruption is highly concentrated at the top decision making level
Nepotism and favouritism in recruitment, promotion and transfer were the most common forms of corruption in the country as per the Bhutan Corruption Barometer Report 2016.
As per report conducted by the Bhutan Transparency Initiatives (BTI), nepotism and favouritism top the list followed by misuse of public funds and facilities and taking and giving bribes. Delaying decisions deliberately with corrupt motives was also perceived as significantly (66.8 percent) prevalent in the country.
Among the occupational groups, civil servants and students reported a comparatively higher prevalence of forms of corruption with 43.8 percent each such as nepotism/favouritism, misuse of public funds/assets. Private employees reported that the misuse of facilities as the most common form of corruption.
The higher proportion of urban citizens reported the prevalence of corruption of almost all forms compared with the rural citizens. In urban areas, nepotism and favouritism tops with 33.4 percent were as rural area with 24.6 percent.
Compared to female respondents, male respondents reported higher (30.9 percent) occurrences for nepotism and favouritism, prosecution of corruption cases as well as fronting involving Bhutanese to non-Bhutanese. Respondents who are below the age of 25-year were more adversely affected by the prevalence of corruption and therefore they were more concerned about it.
Citizens with formal education background reported as much higher with 32.6 percent prevalence of corruption of all forms compared with citizens with no formal education with just 16.9 percent. This may be attributed to their knowledge and understanding of their right and government systems.
Eastern region top the list with 42.2 percent.
A total of 10.2 percent of the citizens reported having paid a bribe in the past 12 months. At least 2.6 percent of the citizens reporting of bribing a government official to get the documents they needed. The proportion of citizens who paid a bribe was significantly higher in the urban areas (14.3 percent) than in rural areas (6.16 percent).
Discriminatory and non-uniform application of laws and rules were perceived to be the major causes of corruption. Other noticeable factor includes lengthy procedure, weak ad ineffective media and a strong protective social net of those accused of corrupt actions.
In term of the quality of service delivery, the respondents rated the Ministry of Education (MOE) as the best followed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the armed forces. On the contrary, the Ministry of Labour and Human Resources (MOLHR), the Judiciary and the private sector were rated as the worst (the least user-friendly entities).
Some 13.43 percent of the population thought that combating corruption would be an uphill task since it would mean taking on a powerful nexus of judges, bureaucrats, politicians and businessman. The study revels that people think that the corruption was highly concentrated at the top decision making level.
Preferential treatment were given to influential people was reported to affect the ordinary people to access to basic services and this was pointed out as one of the major problems in the health sector.
A high proportion of the population perceived judges as corrupt and more than the half of the population (63.2 percent) reported of some judges being corrupt, while 31.1 percent reported that most of the judges are being corrupt.
Around 46.5 percent reported unemployment was the most important problem facing in the country and they attributed the root cause of this problem to the poor quality of education in the country. The general perception of the people was that the corruption level in the country has been steadily increasing since the introduction of democracy.
The survey adopted a mix research method (quantitative and qualitative) with a sample size of 1,200 respondents from both rural and urban areas.
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