January 14, 2004 - 21:21 AMT
ARMENIA RECOGNIZED LEAST CORRUPT COUNTRY IN SOUTH CAUCASUS
Among the South Caucasian countries Armenia yields to Azerbaijan and Georgia in corruption development rate, head of the World Bank representative office in Yerevan Roger Robinson told journalists today citing the data of "Transparency International" research. In his words, Armenia occupied the 78-th position by "the level of transparency" on the globe in 2003. At that, neighbor Georgia and Azerbaijan exceeded the 130-th position, the WB representative added.