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Corruption was symptomatic of business and government interactions in Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union before and during the economic transition of the 1990s. Corruption is difficult to quantify, but the perception of corruption is quantifiable.

NGOs, development organizations, and governments alike now universally refer to corruption - no longer a taboo subject - as a developmental problem.

The Global Corruption Report provides an overview of the state of corruption around the world in 2004.

This resource guide is a joint effort of USAID's Office of Democracy and Governance (DG) and Office of Education, responding to the need to promote greater policy and program linkages between the Agency's democracy and governance and education sector.