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.

Kazakhstan has a legal framework for fighting corruption that is among the best in the world, exceeding those found in the West in a purely legal analysis. Unfortunately, these laws are almost never enforced. Along with Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyz Republic, the gap between legal and practical realities is among the largest recorded in 2007, indicating serious problems with governance and anti-corruption. Executive, legislative and judicial branch accountability and the civil service are all assessed as very weak. On the positive side, the ombudsman is slowly taking on some responsibility to investigate corruption, though it is far from an assertive watchdog.