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Mitigating the Costs of Corruption in Water for the Poor

This Transparency International report argues that the 'water crisis, exacerbated by corruption, is exacting a high human toll on the lives of the poor and vulnerable. Corruption makes water undrinkable, inaccessible and unaffordable. In developing countries, about 80 percent of health problems can be linked to substandard water and sanitation services, claiming the lives of nearly 1.8 million children every year.'

http://www.transparency.org/publications/publications/policy_papers/pp_3_corruption_water_for_the_poor

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2007 Global Corruption Barometer

After five years of surveying the general public's views and experiences of corruption, Transparency International's 2007 Global Corruption Barometer survey shows that bribery is still prevalent in many countries, but that citizens are increasingly demanding accountability from their governments (Transparency International, 6 December 2007).

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2007/gcb_2007

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A Media Media Audio Presentation: Some Reflections on Donor Sponsored Anti-Corruption

In Real Audio, this presentation assembles the results of much of my anti-corruption research and work. Topics covered include reasons for anti-corruption, trends in corruption control, historical evolution of donor sponsored anti-corruption, anti-corruption "industrial structure", Anti-Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe, Anti-Corruption in Africa, OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Derivatives, UN Anti-Corruption Convention, Parliamentary Action Against Corruption, IMF Codes, National Programmes, and a discussion of the Second Wave of Anti-Corruption. (Submitted by Bryane Michael)

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~scat1663/Publications/Presentations/anticorruption%20speech.htm

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Accountability International

Accountability was founded in 1996 as an international membership organisation, with a secretariat based in the United Kingdom. It aims to improve the accountability and performance of organisations worldwide. Accountability is committed to strengthening the social responsibility and ethical behaviour of the business community and non-profit organisations. It addresses this mission by: promoting best practice social and ethical accounting, auditing and reporting; and developing standards and certification for professionals in the field. AccountAbility's membership is international, representing the growing interest worldwide in the field of AccountAbility. AccountAbility supports this growth by encouraging international affiliates and developing partnerships with associated organisations.

http://www.accountability.org.uk

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Americas' Accountability - Anti-Corruption Project

A USAID sponsored website devoted to accountability and anti-corruption in government.

http://www.respondanet.com/english/index.htm

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An anticorruption reader

111 pages of articles about different aspects of anti-corruption: transparency, accountability, prevention, enforcement & education. (USAID, August 2005)

http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADF530.pdf

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Anti-corruption measures in Latin America: Lessons learned

In light of the importance of countering official corruption as a core variable in strengthening democratic governance in Latin America, the CSIS Americas Program held a conference on July 10, 2007 to examine the degree to which there has been progress, the obstacles holding back advances, and the measures that need to be taken to bring a higher degree of ethics and transparency to governance in Latin America. The presentations and discussions that took place at the conference are summarized in this report, as well as conclusions and recommendations for policymakers (Peter DeShazo, CSIS, September 2007).

http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070913_anticorruptionefforts_finalreport.pdf

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Anti-corruption training programmes in central and eastern Europe

Drawing upon the work of the NISPAcee Working Group on Preventing Corruption in Public Administration, this book reviews the current state of anti-corruption training and education in Central and Eastern Europe. Original data and analysis from anti-corruption trainers and policymakers from over 7 countries in the region -- Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Ukraine, and others -- is assembled into the compilation. Each country analysis reviews anti-corruption legislation, existing training programmes, and provides detailed case studies from the country. Specific curricula are discussed as are options for countries wishing in adopting best practice from the region. A final chapter will discuss the lessons learned and address wider topics in the formation of anti-corruption training systems in Central and Eastern Europe.

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~scat1663/Publications/pub%20actraining%202005%20March%207.pdf

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Bribe Payers Index 2006

The Transparency International Bribe Payers Surveys evaluate the supply side of corruption - the propensity of firms from industrialised countries to bribe abroad.

http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/bpi

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Building Integrity to Ensure Effective Water Governance

This Transparency International report argues, 'As with any governance framework, participation, transparency and accountability form the guiding principles needed for ensuring policies and decisions on water are responsive to citizens. When these features are missing, the sector's integrity is eroded and corruption is given a fertile ground on which to flourish.In the case of water, corruption has become a driver of the sector's crisis. Overuse and contamination, abetted by corruption, have caused water supplies to dwindle, user demands to surge and competition to increase for this indispensable resource.'

http://www.transparency.org/publications/publications/policy_papers/pp2_building_integrity_water

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Bulldozing Progress: Human Rights Abuse and Corruption in PNG's Large Scale Logging Industries

The logging industry in Papua New Guinea is dominated by a handful of Malaysian companies and is is synonymous with political corruption, police racketeering and the brutal repression of workers, women and those who question its ways. Its operations routinely destroy the food sources, water supplies and cultural property of those same communities. They provide a breeding ground for arms smuggling, corruption and violence across the country. In return, the industry generates no lasting economic benefit to forest communities, considerable long-term cost and a modest 5 per cent contribution to the national budget. A concerted international effort backed by credible enforcement agencies is now needed to reform the industry and restore the human and economic rights of PNG forest communities. (Australian Conservation Foundation, 2006)

http://www.acfonline.org.au/uploads/res_ACF-CELCOR_full.pdf#search=%22Bulldozing%20%22

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Business and Human Rights: a resource website

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's online library covers over 150 topics, over 160 countries, over 150 industry sectors. The site is composed of links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. It includes reports of corporate misconduct, as well as positive examples of "best practice" by companies.

http://www.business-humanrights.org

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California Global Corporate Accountability Project

A collaboration between the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, the Natural Heritage Institute and Human Rights Advocates. The project seeks to identify the human rights and environmental governance dilemmas faced by US corporations in their global operations and to enhance corporate social and environmental performance.

http://www.nautilus.org/archives/cap/

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Caux Round Table Principles for Business

Guidelines prepared by business associations: Excessive imbalances of trade, economic disparities between developed and developing nations, extremes between rich and poor, and differences in priorities and expectations between current and future generations, pose threats to peace and stability, and hence to the prospects for success of business.

http://www.cauxroundtable.org/documents/PrinciplesforBusiness.doc

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China must trust its people - and its media

China has made significant advances in government transparency. But there are still too many circumstances in which it is reluctant to see important facts discussed in the public realm. (Hawk Jia, SciDev.Net, 19 July 2007).

http://www.scidev.net/Editorials/index.cfm?fuseaction=readEditorials&itemid=222&language=1

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Clean Business Is Good Business - The Business Case Against Corruption

This report from the World Economic Forum, The International Chamber of Commerce, Transparency International and the United Nations Global Compact, gives the case for why companies and corporate practitioners should actively engage in the fight against corruption.

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/paci/BusinessCaseAgainstCorruption.pdf

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CORISweb: Corruption Online Research and Information System

CORISweb is Transparency International's (TI) Corruption Online Research and Information System, a portal, which provides all those with an interest in anti-corruption and governance issues with easy access to high quality, processed information. CORISweb is a free and readily accessible information resource for the global anti-corruption community, covering the causes and consequences of corruption and the remedies against it. CORISweb aims to help organisations and individuals in the field who wish to build partnerships and share experiences and facilitates coalition building.

http://www.corisweb.org

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Corporate Social Responsibility

by Human Rights Watch: In our view, three obstacles threaten to impede the UN's Global Compact's effectiveness: the lack of legally enforceable standards, the lack of a monitoring and enforcement mechanism, and a lack of clarity about the meaning of the standards themselves.

http://www.hrw.org/advocacy/corporations/index.htm

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Corruption and accountability in the Pacific Islands [PDF]

The paper investigates the relationship between corruption and accountability in the Pacific Islands, using evidence from surveys of 'national integrity systems' in 14 states. It identifies and assesses four international initiatives to improve accountability and reduce corruption: public sector reform; peer review of accountability systems; cleaning up offshore financial centres, and the intervention of Australian officials on the ground. The paper finds that the relationship between increased accountability and reduced corruption is not straightforward. Moves to improve financial accountability may increase the chances of corruption being detected, but greater political accountability may increase the incidence, or suspicion, of corruption. Comparison between the 14 suggests that accountability and levels of corruption vary independently of each other. By Peter Larmour, Australian National University, 2006.

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/43066

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Corruption Fighters' Tool Kit: Civil society experiences and emerging strategies

The Corruption Fighters' Tool Kit is a compendium of practical civil society anti-corruption experiences described in concrete and accessible language. It presents innovative anti-corruption tools developed and implemented by Transparency International National Chapters and other civil society organizations from around the world.

http://www.transparency.org/tools/e_toolkit

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Curbing Corruption in Tsunami Relief Operations

Humanitarian relief and reconstruction following natural disasters is particularly vulnerable to corruption. Sudden flows of large amounts of money, goods and services, pressure to deliver aid quickly, as well as the substantial economic opportunities that arise from large-scale reconstruction, all contribute to increasing the risk of corruption, waste and mismanagement. Given the scale and scope of the relief and reconstruction required following the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Transparency International (TI) and the Indonesian Government jointly hosted a two-day meeting on preventing corruption in tsunami relief. (Asian Development Bank, 2005)

http://www.transparency.org/regional_pages/asia_pacific

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Discussion paper: Poverty, aid and corruption

According to Transparency International the level of poverty that still prevails in the world as unacceptably high. Development assistance that aims to increase the sharing between the rich and the poor and support equitable development processes is vital to reducing poverty. It is therefore of critical importance to ensure that development resources are used for this intended purpose and not diverted through corruption. (Transparency International, June 2007).

http://www.transparency.org/content/download/20572/285905

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Dollars and Dough - Aussie aid and the AWB

Trevor Flugge, the wheat farmer from Western Australia who recently appeared on the front of a national newspaper smiling, shirtless, sweating and aiming a handgun at the camera, may not be the first person you would associate with Australian aid. But Flugge became the face of the Australian aid program in Iraq when on 28 April 2003 he received a seemingly open-ended AusAID contract to the value of $ 679,345.70. 2006-02-10, AidWatch.

http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw00857&display_item=2

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Don't listen to what the rich world's leaders say - look at what they do

In this column in the Guardian, George Monbiot outlines the way that western business interests have been undermining the efforts of the Philippine government to reduce the use of baby formula.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2095677,00.html

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ECAs fail to agree on enhanced anti-bribery Action Statement

(ECAW, Paris, 9 December 2005) ECA Watch has learned that OECD brokered discussions on how to improve Export Credit Agency procedures on fighting corruption broke down without consensus in mid-November. This breakdown occurred, according to sources close to the discussions, because particular OECD Member States, including Japan and Germany, blocked proposals for improvements to ECA practices on combating bribery.

http://www.eca-watch.org/problems/corruption/ECAW_bribery_consensus_fails_22nov05.htm

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