"When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely, in your thoughts, advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may be."
Lord Kelvin

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The share of contracts won by Orbán’s allies among contracts with a single bid

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April 12, 2026, 17:45

On April 1, 2026, The Economist cited the CRCB’s research findings in a sentence from its article (https://www.economist.com/briefing/2026/04/01/might-hungarys-election-sweep-away-magas-favourite-foreign-leader):
“Last year, 75% of single-bid government contracts went to companies associated with Mr. Orban’s allies, up from 39% in 2022, according to the Corruption Research Centre of Budapest (…).”

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