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Comparison of countries
Zambia
Nicaragua
Indices
Overall Score:
39 out of 100
Rank:
92 out of 180
Overall Score:
34 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,45 out of 1
Rank:
103 out of 142
Overall Score:
85 out of 150
Rank:
73 out of 140
Overall Score:
3,72 out of 10
Rank:
107 out of 119
Overall Score:
14 out of 100
Rank:
172 out of 180
Overall Score:
44 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,34 out of 1
Rank:
137 out of 142
Overall Score:
111 out of 150
Rank:
24 out of 140
Overall Score:
4,43 out of 10
Rank:
96 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
AU
UN
OAS
Zambia
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2007.
Nicaragua
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2006.
  • The review under the first cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1999.
Main Legislation
Zambia
  1. Parliamentary and Ministerial Code of Conduct Act, (English);
  2. Anti-Corruption Commission Act, (English);
  3. Public Interest Disclosure (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act, (English);
  4. Anti-Corruption Act, (English);
  5. Public Finance Management Act: Article 89, (English);
  6. Anti-Corruption (Declaration of Gifts) Regulations, (English).
Nicaragua

1. Constitution: Article 130
(Constitución: Artículo 130), (Spanish);

2. Criminal Code: Articles 281, 282, 445-450, 452, 453, 454, 456-459
(Código Penal: Artículos 281, 282, 445-450, 452, 453, 454, 456-459), (Spanish);

3. Civil Service Probity Law
(Ley de Probidad de Los Servidores Públicos), (Spanish);

4. Law on Amendments to Law No. 735, Law on the Prevention, Investigation and Prosecution of Organised Crime and on the Administration of Seized, Confiscated and Abandoned Assets
(Ley De Reformas A La Ley No. 735, Ley de Prevención, Investigación y Persecución del Crimen Organizado y de la Administración de los Bienes Incautados, Decomisados y Abandonados), (Spanish);

5. Code of Ethical Conduct for Civil Servants in the Executive Branch of Government
(Código de Conducta Ética de los Servidores Públicos del Poder Ejecutivo), (Spanish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Zambia
  1. Anti-Corruption Commission, (English).
Nicaragua

1. Attorney General of the Republic (site created but currently unavailable)
(Fiscal General de la República), (Spanish).

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