2009 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.

Indonesia's overall performance on key dimensions of anti-corruption and good governance remains similar to last year. The anti-corruption agency, ombudsman, and audit agency earned strong to very strong ratings. The voting and tax systems are relatively effective, while a new (and potentially important) public access to information law will be implemented in 2010. Nevertheless, there are areas of growing concern and weakness. Although the national ombudsman currently enjoys political autonomy, this independence is threatened by the possibility that the selection of ombudsman staff will be voted on by parliament in the near future. Legislative oversight of public expenditures continues to be extremely weak, as are the laws governing the financing of political parties and candidates, which often fail to impose sanctions on those who violate the limits on campaign spending. In addition, although the media enjoys relative freedom from censorship, journalists face serious threats when investigating stories related to corruption.