Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It is my great privilege and honour, on behalf of the Board, Management and Staff of Transparency International Zambia, to extend our very warm welcome to all of you that have joined us this morning. I also take the opportunity to welcome those joining us virtually on our various social media platforms. Today is a very special day for us because we are launching the 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which over the years has become a flagship event on our calendar at the beginning of each year.
As many of you here will know, the CPI is a critical research that is done at global level, and is currently the most widely used measure of public sector corruption across the globe. It goes without saying that measuring corruption is essential for the development of appropriate anti-corruption interventions and for TI-Z, the CPI together with the Zambia Bribe Payers Index Survey, is critical for both customizing our interventions and evaluating the progress made in fighting the vice.
