2008 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for more than 300 Integrity Indicators.

Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.

Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.

Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.

Argentina's overall score is lower than last year's Report due to increasing weaknesses in the fields of media, political financing, and tax and custom standards. While government accountability continues to be a concern across all branches of government, this year's report references specific declines in the political independence of the judiciary. Political interference can also be seen in the form of soft-censorship where the subtle use of government funding has undercut the independence and professionalism of the Argentinean media. In addition, the ombudsman and supreme audit institutions remain weak as the government is not required by law to act on the findings of either office, allowing for public sector corruption to be addressed at the government's discretion.