#110: Not So Stable, Not So Transparent!

Eurasia Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers and released Political Stability Index in the world. According to the ranking based on country's capacity to withstand shocks and crises (political, security, and economic), Kyrgyzstan is in the low stability category. Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, which actually ended up in the Asia map, is doing better on political stability, while Turkmenistan is the doing worse than us. Uzbekistan is unstable as we are. Transparency International also released its Corruption Perception Index for 2007. Kyrgyzstan shares 150th place along with Kazakhstan and Tajikistan (142nd in 2006). Turkmenistan rolled down from 142 in 2006 to 162nd this year. Uzbekistan is 175th, down from 151st. As usual, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore (where I want to go to study), and Sweden top the transparency chart. Uzbekistan, Haiti, Iraq, Myanmar, and Somalia are on the bottom.
PS. It suddenly became really cold today. Have to wear a jacket or overcoat.