Anti-Corruption Assessment Index: A Comparative Review of Anti-Corruption Strategies (ACS) of 15 Central and Eastern European Countries (1995-2003).

The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the nature and elements of the latest anti-corruption strategies while developing the first comprehensive quantitative assessment index, which I call the Anti-Corruption Assessment Index (ACAI). First, I shall discuss the need for ACS by making a literature review of the fight against corruption. Then, I shall describe ACAI and its methodology. More specifically, I discuss the need for quantitative anti-corruption strategy assessments and the ACAI, including its components, research stages, mathematical formula, and scale, as well as weaknesses and further suggested lines of refinement of ACAI. The next section is dedicated to the presentation of findings and trends for overall and each ACAI sub-area. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]