Global Corruption Report 2005 Special Focus: Corruption in Construction and Post-conflict Reconstruction

by Transparency International; Fukuyama, Francis

• ISBN13: 9780745323978
• ISBN10: 0745323979
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-20
• Publisher: PLUTO PRESS

Summary

Worldwide, the construction sector is regularly rated as the most corrupt industry. Even so, the scale and effects of this corruption are frequently underestimated. The 2005 edition of Transparency International's Global Corruption Report shows that corruption in the construction industry has the power to shape and devastate economies. It has the power to ruin livelihoods and, under certain circumstances, to take lives.This book outlines the particular characteristics of the construction industry that enable the corrupt to plunder the vast amounts of international funds that pour into large-scale infrastructure projects. Whether through international bribes paid to secure contracts for the Lesotho Dam, or the politicians implicated in the purchase of a waste incinerator in Cologne, the report reveals how corruption steers money away from essential services and development projects. In a special section dedicated to post-conflict reconstruction, the report shows how, from Angola to Iraq, the corrupt prey on the most vulnerable.The Global Corruption Report 2005 also shows that no matter how entrenched corruption seems, it can be beaten. Along with presenting measures specifically tailored to curbing bribery in construction, the report uncovers major trends in anti-corruption legislation and reforms in more than 40 countries. The book also offers the latest corruption research, including studies on the links between corruption and, in turn, issues such as pollution, gender and foreign investment.

Author Biography

Founded in 1993, Transparency International is an international non-governmental organisation based in Berlin, Germany, with national offices in close to 90 countries worldwide.
Transparency International is politically non-partisan. Its mission is to build anti-corruption coalitions that embrace governments, the private sector and civil society. It is the only global movement dedicated solely to curbing corruption, increasing government accountability and improving transparency in business transactions.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction	p. 1
Transparency International's minimum standards for public contracting	p. 4
Blowing the whistle on corruption : one man's fatal struggle	p. 9
The economic costs of corruption in infrastructure	p. 12
The environment at risk from monuments of corruption	p. 19
Earthquake destruction : corruption on the fault line	p. 23
The Italian mafia's legacy of high-rise death traps	p. 26
Turkish homeowners demand an end to earthquake devastation	p. 27
Case study : Lesotho puts international business in the dock	p. 31
Exposing the foundations of corruption in construction	p. 36
A business perspective : promoting integrity in consulting engineering	p. 40
Integrity pact sheds light on Mexican electricity tender	p. 43
WEF task force adopts the business principles for countering bribery	p. 49
Case study : oversized incinerator burns up Cologne's cash	p. 51
Financing corruption? : the role of multilateral development banks and export credit agencies	p. 55
Blacklisting corrupt companies	p. 59
Recommendations	p. 65
Overcoming corruption in the wake of conflict	p. 73
Reconstruction and the construction sector	p. 74
Aid and corruption	p. 80
Case study : corrupting the new Iraq	p. 82
Key developments in corruption across countries	p. 93
Argentina	p. 96
Azerbaijan	p. 100
Bangladesh	p. 103
Bolivia	p. 106
Brazil	p. 109
Britain	p. 112
Burkina Faso	p. 116
Cambodia	p. 119
Cameroon	p. 122
Canada	p. 125
China	p. 129
Colombia	p. 133
Congo (DRC)	p. 136
Costa Rica	p. 139
Croatia	p. 141
Czech Republic	p. 144
Georgia	p. 147
Germany	p. 150
Greece	p. 154
India	p. 156
Indonesia	p. 159
Ireland	p. 162
Japan	p. 165
Kenya	p. 169
Latvia	p. 172
Nicaragua	p. 176
Norway	p. 179
Palestinian Authority	p. 183
Panama	p. 186
Peru	p. 189
Poland	p. 193
Romania	p. 196
Russia	p. 199
Serbia	p. 202
Slovakia	p. 206
Sri Lanka	p. 209
Turkey	p. 211
Vanuatu	p. 214
Vietnam	p. 218
Zimbabwe	p. 221
Research on corruption : introduction	p. 229
Corruption perceptions index 2004	p. 233
Global corruption barometer 2004	p. 239
National integrity systems in the Pacific Island states	p. 242
Kenya bribery index 2004	p. 245
Measuring corruption in public service delivery : the experience of Mexico	p. 248
The public integrity index : assessing anti-corruption architecture	p. 252
A survey of governance in 30 underperforming states	p. 255
Global index of bribery for news coverage	p. 258
Trust and corruption	p. 262
Experimental economics and corruption : a survey of budding research	p. 265
International determinants of national corruption levels	p. 268
Corruption in transition economies	p. 271
Transparency and accountability in the public sector in the Arab region	p. 275
Latin American index of budget transparency	p. 278
The Latin American public opinion project : corruption victimisation, 2004	p. 282
Corruption and crime	p. 285
Measuring corruption : validating subjective surveys of perceptions	p. 289
How far can we trust expert opinions on corruption? : an experiment based on surveys in francophone Africa	p. 292
Gender and corruption : in search of better evidence	p. 296
Corruption, pollution and economic development	p. 299
Firm responses to corruption in foreign markets	p. 302
The effect of corruption on trade and FDI	p. 305
Firms, bureaucrats and organised crime : an empirical examination of illicit interactions	p. 308
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