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第 265 课:世界腐败-2

At the bottom of the list, ranked last for the third year, is Somalia . 索马里已经是第三年成为排名最后的国家。

The order of the list is based on how corrupt a country's government is considered by a number of international organizations. 排名的先后是由许多的国际组织所根据他们认为一个国家政府的腐败程度所决定的。

These include the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Asian and African development banks. 这些组织里有世界银行、世界经济论坛、亚洲非洲发展银行等。

Transparency International, based in Berlin , works to fight corruption and increase public awareness. 国际透明组织的总部在柏林。它的宗旨就是反腐败和增强公共意识。

Its yearly report has grown to a list of one hundred eighty countries. 它的年度报告名单上的国家已经增至 180 个国家。