DUSHANBE, May 28, Asia-Plus — Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2008 considers issues related to water resources and use of them in the countries from all world regions.
Speaking at the seminar entitled “Civil Society and Fight against Corruption” in Dushanbe, Ms. Svetlana Stavitskaya, the TI program coordinator in Berlin, said on may 28 that the TI’s Global Corruption report 2008 considers corruption-related developments in water sector. According to her, shortage of water resources has become a serious problem, intensifying debates around that essential resource.
“Studying this problem, especially its corruption parameters, the organizations intends to reveal level of perception of corruption phenomena in the water sector,” Ms. Stavitskaya said.
According to the Global Corruption report 2008, more than 1 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. In this timely report, scholars and professionals document the impact of corruption in the sector, with case studies from all around the world offering practical suggestions for reform.
The second part of the Global Corruption Report 2008
provides a snapshot of corruption-related developments in thirty-five countries from all world regions. The third part presents summaries of corruption-related research, highlighting innovative methodologies and new empirical findings that help our understanding of the dynamics of corruption and in devising more effective anti-corruption strategies.
The Global Corruption Report 2008 was produced with kind financial support from the Water Integrity Network (WIN).
