2007 Assessment

This peer-reviewed country report includes:

Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 304 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.

Burundi has deep governance problems, most notably in poor public access to information, political financing and judicial accountability. The civil service, executive branch and legislative branches also lack important accountability processes. For instance, Burundi has no regulations regarding accountability for actions of the judiciary or civil servants. There are no regulations on conflicts-of-interest for the national level judiciary or civil servants. While the President must file an asset disclosure to the Supreme Court, this information is never made public. Legislators, judges and civil servants are not required to file any asset disclosures. Not all news is bad, however. Burundi civil society and media each received moderate ratings for their contributions to fighting corruption.