<p>In 2012, Transparency International ranked Bangladesh 144 out of 174 countries in their corruption perceptions index (with one being the least corrupt). This is a slight decline on recent years but an improvement on 2005, when the country ranked last.</p><p>The DFID programme called ‘Strengthening Political Participation in Bangladesh’ (SPP) will help to promote anti-corruption advocacy and awareness, improve the quality of input to policy making and legislation and help to ensure better scrutiny of future elections. It will include projects that work with political parties and their supporters; with the Bangladesh Election Commission; with Parliament—notably Parliamentary Standing Committees; and with Bangladeshi civil society.</p>