“The Bribe Payers Survey, which serves as the basis for the BPI, also looks at the likelihood of firms in 19 specific sectors to engage in bribery. In the first of two new sectoral rankings, companies in public works contracts and construction; real estate and property development; oil and gas; heavy manufacturing; and mining were seen to bribe officials most frequently. The cleanest sectors, in terms of bribery of public officials, were identified as information technology, fisheries, and banking and finance.

A second sectoral ranking evaluates the likelihood of companies from the 19 sectors to engage in state capture, whereby parties attempt to wield undue influence on government rules, regulations and decision-making through private payments to public officials. Public works contracts and construction; oil and gas; mining; and real estate and property development were seen as the sectors whose companies were most likely to use legal or illegal payments to influence the state. The banking and finance sector is seen to perform considerably worse in terms of state capture than in willingness to bribe public officials, meaning that its companies may exert considerable undue influence on regulators, a significant finding in light of the ongoing global financial crisis. “

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“The Bribe Payers Survey, which serves as the basis for the BPI, also
looks at the likelihood of firms in 19 specific sectors to engage in
bribery. In the first of two new sectoral rankings, companies in public
works contracts and construction; real estate and property development;
oil and gas; heavy manufacturing; and mining were seen to bribe
officials most frequently. The cleanest sectors, in terms of bribery of
public officials, were identified as information technology, fisheries,
and banking and finance.

A second sectoral ranking evaluates the likelihood of companies from the
19 sectors to engage in state capture, whereby parties attempt to wield
undue influence on government rules, regulations and decision-making
through private payments to public officials. Public works contracts and
construction; oil and gas; mining; and real estate and property
development were seen as the sectors whose companies were most likely to
use legal or illegal payments to influence the state. The banking and
finance sector is seen to perform considerably worse in terms of state
capture than in willingness to bribe public officials, meaning that its
companies may exert considerable undue influence on regulators, a
significant finding in light of the ongoing global financial crisis.