Graft becoming less of a problem, survey finds
The graft problem has been easing greatly with the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce's "corruption index" surging to 55 points in June - its highest level in six years - from 49 in December.
Meanwhile the proportion of private enterprises coerced into paying bribes plunged to only 6 per cent from 75 per cent in 2013.
“The improving score was due to stringent law enforcement under Article 44 [of the junta’s provisional charter], serious suppression of corruption in many government agencies and the current government’s policy to crack down on corruption,” Thanavath Phonvichai, director of the UTCC’s Economic and Business Forecasting Centre, said Thursday.
The higher the score, the better the situation.
The university’s survey with 2,400 respondents from business and the government sector found that spending for bribery also decreased to Bt100 billion from Bt180 billion in the last survey.
