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LOCAL Wednesday 18 november 2020

Corruption Survey 2020

Will the perceived spread of corruption persist in 2020?

ORANJESTAD — For the third con- and guarantee that all informa-
secutive year, the Centrale Bank tion received will be treated with
van Aruba (CBA) will conduct a the utmost confidence. Data will
“Corruption Survey”, which started only be used on an aggregated
November 16, 2020. The online sur- basis for statistical and analytical
vey includes, among others, ques- purposes. Due to the ongoing Co-
tions about the level of corruption, vid-19 pandemic, this survey will be
experiences with corruption when fully conducted online. All Aruban
using services particularly in the residents older than 18 years are in-
public sector, and the need for ad- vited to take part in this important
ditional anti-corruption measures. survey by filling in the online ques-
tionnaire. This can be accessed via
Curbing corruption in Aruba is a our website: www.cbaruba.org.
high priority for the CBA, because
corruption has far reaching nega- The REPORT CORRUPTION SURVEY
tive economic and social reper- 2019 is available on the CBA’s
cussions. Several international or- website value of the florin, by promoting For more information on the Cen-
ganizations, such as Transparency (https://www.cbaruba.org/ the soundness and integrity of the trale Bank van Aruba, please visit
International, frequently execute c b a / m a n a g e D o c u m e n t . financial system, and by enhanc- the website www.cbaruba.org . q
surveys on the level of corruption do?dispatch=view&id=5317). ing an efficient and reliable pay-
in many countries. To compensate ments system.
for the fact that Aruba is not part About the Centrale Bank van Aru-
of these international surveys, and ba Besides these core tasks, the
consequently important data on The main purpose of the Centrale CBA is also the sole issuer of florin
local corruption are not available, Bank van Aruba (CBA) is to con- banknotes and florin coins, and
the CBA has been conducting the tribute to the financial stability and acts as banker to the Government
corruption survey since 2018. economic well-being of the Aru- of Aruba. In addition, it regulates
ban community. The CBA accom- the flow of international payments,
We are aware that this information plishes this mission by implement- manages the available foreign ex-
is sensitive. We therefore stress that ing an effective monetary policy change reserves of Aruba, and su-
this survey is strictly anonymous aimed towards maintaining the pervises the spending thereof.