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Somalia: 2008
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.
Somalia's efforts to combat corruption are severely handicapped by a very weak governance and anti-corruption framework, not surprising considering the country has been wracked by civil war, famine, and a weak central government for nearly 15 years. The country earned weak to very weak scores across the board. Institutions of oversight and regulation such as the ombudsman office and anti-corruption agency don't exist (although some anti-corruption legislation is in place), while the main audit body is ineffective. Law enforcement is crippled by a lack of funding support as well as heavy politicization. Elections have not been free or fair for the past two decades. And while opposition politicians are not represented in the legislature, "there is armed opposition fighting everywhere in the country."

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