2007 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.

The Philippines score moderately in many important governance areas, with a few exceptions earning very weak performance ratings. Political financing is effectively unregulated. Journalists and judges are frequently threatened and killed (25 journalists have been killed since 2004). Public access to information is guaranteed in the constitution, and the legal information framework is well regarded. However, in practice, politically charged documents have been withheld. Oversight of state-owned enterprises is inconsistent and poses little risk of investigation.

Note: The change in Philippines' overall scores from 2006 to 2007 is largely due to a new methodology addressing state-owned enterprises.