Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector

Transparency International and Water Integrity Network (2008). Global corruption report 2008: corruption in the water sector. Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press. xxix, 367 p. ISBN 978-0-521-72795-2
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In its thematic section, the report demonstrates that corruption is a cause and catalyst for the global 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.

Executive summary

Contents of Part one: Corruption in the water sector

1 Introducing water and corruption

• Water and corruption: a destructive partnership / Janelle Plummer
• Corruption in water: a matter of life and death / Charles Kenny

2 Water resources management

• Corruption and water resources management: threats to quality,equitable access and environmental sustainability / Kristen Lewis and Roberto Lenton
• Climate change: raising the stakes for cleaning up corruption in water governance / Transparency International
• Can integrated water resources management prevent corruption? / John Butterworth
• Afghanistan’s upstream powers, downstream woes / Drewery Dyke
• Corruption fuels housing boom and water stress along Spain’s coast / Enriqueta Abad
• Corruption without borders: the challenges of transboundary water management / Transparency International

3 Water and sanitation

• Water for the poor: corruption in water supply and sanitation / Muhammad Sohail and Sue Cavill
• Corruption in urban water use by the poor / Bernard Collignon
• Building water integrity: private water operators’ perspective / Jack Moss
• Water corruption in industrialised countries: not so petty? / Per Ljung
• The public and private faces of corruption in water / Transparency International
• Pipe manufacturers in Colombia and Argentina take the anti-corruption pledge / Virginia Lencina, Lucila Polzinetti and Alma Rocío Balcázar
• Clearing muddied waters: groups in India fight corruption with information / Venkatesh Nayak

4 Water for food

• Water for food: corruption in irrigation systems / Frank R. Rijsberman
• Power, bribery and fairness in Pakistan’s canal irrigation systems / Jean-Daniel Rinaudo
• Questionable irrigation deals ignore plight of Filipino farmers / Sonny Africa
• Sealing water aid against corruption: donor interventions, donor responsibilities / Grit Martinez and Kathleen Shordt

5 Water for energy

• Water for energy: corruption in the hydropower sector / Lawrence Haas
• Hydropower corruption and the politics of resettlement / Thayer Scudder
• The disappearance of homes and money: the case of the Three Gorges Dam / Gørild M. Heggelund
• Industry view: public-private hydropower – minimising the corruption risks / Kathy Shandling and Reinier Lock
• Grand projects – grand corruption? / Peter Bosshard and Nicholas Hildyard

6 Conclusions

• Fighting corruption in water: strategies, tools and ways forward / Donal T. O’Leary and Patrik Stålgren

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