Between March 13 – 17 the Sant Maral Foundation completed data collection for the seventh semi- annual corruption benchmarking survey. More than 1,000 adult participants were surveyed in Ulan Baatar, and in Zavkhan, Sukhbaatar, Tov and Khovsgul aimags (provinces). This is the largest sample undertaken since the first that was conducted in March 2006, and thus it more statistically significant than the intervening surveys when the sample size was 600.
 

Corruption remains a problem, and the Government must sustain efforts to promote accountability and governance, and transparency. Public perceptions and the patterns of change continue to trend in the right direction – and over three and one half years of surveying this conclusion is robust.

The greatest factors fueling improved public perceptions are probably ongoing evidence of government commitment to fighting corruption, the increasing success of the Independent Authority Against Corruption in investigating corruption, and the incarceration of a growing list of middle and senior-ranking officials on corruption charges.