THE STUDY REGARDING CORRUPTION CARRIED OUT BY THE WORLD BANK

For a long period of time, corruption was accepted as being an inevitable fact of life.Corruption in the 27 EU member states undermines citizens' fundamental rights, goodgovernance and the rule of law. In 2000, the World Bank carried out a study about corruptionat the request of the Romanian Government. The elaboration process and the implementationof an anticorruption strategy depend on the state’s politics and priorities