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2007 Assessment

Mexico: 2007

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.

Mexico has a strong legal framework for fighting corruption, but the practical reality is one of very weak governance and anti-corruption, in part due to the influence of narcotics cartels. Mexico is "one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in the world" because of threats from political figures and narcotics gangs, discouraging corruption investigations. Civil society is less restricted, often playing a role directly in policy making. The widespread influence of executive branch authority over the anti-corruption agency and law enforcement agencies (appointing members and approving investigations according to executive discretion) limits the effectiveness of these institutions.

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Freedom in the World 2010

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Bankers, Heal Thyself: Reforming the World Bank's Internal Governance

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Revisiting the "Resource Curse" and Democracy Nexus from an Accountability Framework

Global Integrity Report: 2009 - Country List

In Latin America, Presidential Corruption Continues to Challenge the Rule of Law

Is Mexico Becoming a "Failed Narco-State"? (Part Two: Unlikely Comparisons)

Is Mexico becoming a "Failed Narco-State"?

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The Global Integrity Index assigns ratings using more than 300 locally-researched and peer-reviewed Integrity Indicators as source data.

This chart shows Mexico's anti-corruption performance on an absolute scale of 0 to 100 in these categories. The colors correspond to these ratings: very strong (90+), strong (80+), moderate (70+), weak (60+), very weak (<60). For comparison to other countries, the distribution of all scores is reperesented by the darker gray background of each category.