1.   Bangladesh was perceived to be the most corrupt country, followed by Nigeria, Uganda, Indonesia and Kenya.

2.   According to Transparency International, Honduras ranks among the most corrupt countries in the world.

3.   Aid to corrupt countries is money down the drain, Bush said.

4.   Central Asian nations fare poorly on the annual ranking of corrupt countries by Transparency International, an organization trying to fight corruption.

5.   Indonesia has been ranked one of the most corrupt countries in Asia in surveys of businessmen.

6.   Indonesia is, in the view of Transparency International, a Berlin-based watchdog organization, the most corrupt country on earth.

7.   The argument could be made that in notoriously corrupt countries, the best thing to do is to adopt the local cultural norms.

8.   The least corrupt countries are New Zealand, Denmark and Singapore.

9.   The least corrupt country, according to the index, is Denmark, followed by Finland, Sweden, New Zealand and Canada.

10.   The World Bank, which has begun to make corruption a major theme of its development programs, has threatened to cut off funds to blatantly corrupt countries.