Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector

by Compiled by Transparency International

• ISBN13: 9780521727952
• ISBN10: 0521727952
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Over one billion people live with inadequate access to safe drinking water with dramatic consequences for lives, livelihoods and development. Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2008 demonstrates in its thematic section that corruption is a cause and catalyst for this water crisis which is likely to be further exacerbated by climate change. Corruption affects all aspects of the water sector from water resources management to drinking water services, irrigation and hydropower. Scholars and professionals document the impact of corruption in the sector with case studies from all around the world and offer practical suggestions for reform. The second part of the Report provides a snapshot of corruption-related developments in 35 countries from all world regions. The third part presents summaries of corruption-related research, highlighting innovative methodologies and new empirical findings that help to better understand the dynamics of corruption and devise more effective anti-corruption strategies.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Foreword - Water in the community: why integrity matters	p. xix
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
Executive summary	p. xxiii
Corruption in the water sector
Introducing water and corruption
Water and corruption: a destructive partnership	p. 3
Corruption in water: a matter of life and death	p. 16
Water resources management
Corruption and water resources management: threats to quality, equitable access and environmental sustainability	p. 18
Climate change: raising the stakes for cleaning up corruption in water governance	p. 28
Can integrated water resources management prevent corruption?	p. 31
Afghanistan's upstream powers, downstream woes	p. 33
Corruption fuels housing boom and water stress along Spain's coast	p. 35
Corruption without borders: the challenges of transboundary water management	p. 37
Water and sanitation
Water for the poor: corruption in water supply and sanitation	p. 40
Corruption in urban water use by the poor	p. 52
Building water integrity: private water operators' perspective	p. 54
Water corruption in industrialised countries: not so petty?	p. 55
The public and private faces of corruption in water	p. 57
Pipe manufacturers in Colombia and Argentina take the anti-corruption pledge	p. 62
Clearing muddied waters: groups in India fight corruption with information	p. 64
Water for food
Water for food: corruption in irrigation systems	p. 67
Power, bribery and fairness in Pakistan's canal irrigation systems	p. 77
Questionable irrigation deals ignore plight of Filipino farmers	p. 79
Sealing water aid against corruption: donor interventions, donor responsibilities	p. 82
Water for energy
Water for energy: corruption in the hydropower sector	p. 85
Hydropower corruption and the politics of resettlement	p. 96
The disappearance of homes and money: the case of the Three Gorges Dam	p. 99
Industry view: public-private hydropower - minimising the corruption risks	p. 102
Grand projects - grand corruption?	p. 104
Conclusions
Fighting corruption in water: strategies, tools and ways forward	p. 106
Country reports
Corruption through a national lens
Introduction	p. 121
Africa and the Middle East
Cameroon	p. 123
Kenya	p. 128
Niger	p. 134
Palestinian Authority	p. 137
Senegal	p. 141
Sierra Leone	p. 145
Zambia	p. 150
Americas
Argentina	p. 156
Chile	p. 161
Mexico	p. 165
Nicaragua	p. 170
Paraguay	p. 173
United States	p. 177
Asia and the Pacific
Bangladesh	p. 181
India	p. 187
Indonesia	p. 191
Japan	p. 197
Malaysia	p. 201
Nepal	p. 207
Pakistan	p. 211
Papua New Guinea	p. 216
Philippines	p. 220
Europe and Central Asia
Armenia	p. 225
Austria	p. 231
Georgia	p. 236
Germany	p. 242
Israel	p. 247
Latvia	p. 252
Montenegro	p. 256
Romania	p. 261
Slovakia	p. 267
Spain	p. 271
Switzerland	p. 276
Ukraine	p. 280
United Kingdom	p. 286
Research
Introduction	p. 293
The big picture: measuring corruption and benchmarking progress in the fight against corruption
Corruption Perceptions Index 2007	p. 296
Global Corruption Barometer 2007	p. 303
Global Integrity Report	p. 307
The Americas Barometer 2006: report on corruption	p. 312
The World Governance Assessment: corruption and other dimensions of governance	p. 315
National Integrity System scoring system	p. 319
Sectoral insights: capturing corruption risks and performance in key sectors
Promoting Revenue Transparency Project: from resource curse to resource blessing?	p. 321
Crinis: measuring accountability, disclosure and oversight on who finances whom in politics	p. 323
Understanding the details: investigating the dynamics of corruption
Bridging the gap between the experience and the perception of corruption	p. 328
Corrupt reciprocity	p. 332
The simple economics of extortion: evidence from trucking in Aceh	p. 337
Corruption, norms and legal enforcement: evidence from diplomatic parking tickets	p. 339
Petty corruption in public services: driving licences in Delhi	p. 342
Corruption and institutional trust in sub-Saharan Africa	p. 344
Index	p. 347
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