Corruption conference ranks Poland in the middle of its CEE neighbors
World Bank experts attending a conference in Prague on corruption say
Poland is a country with a medium level of corruption--worse than Hungary
or Croatia but much better than Russia or Azerbaijan. In the conference
report, "Corruption in Countries of Transformation," experts characterized
corruption as multi-faceted and presented ways to fight against it. One of
the experts, Joel S. Hellman, a specialist in managing economies in
Central Asia and Europe had words of praise for Poland. He pointed to the
steps taken to reduce corruption such as the creation of appropriate
regulations, conditions enabling the creation of new companies and strong
business organizations. Hellman warned, however, against the temptation to
create new monopolists. He cited Polski Koncern Naftowy (PKN) Orlen as an
example and emphasized the need to control such companies.
(Rzeczpospolita, page B2)
