Study hits at graft in water projects
Harvey Morris | Sunday, 29 June 2008
International efforts to confront climate change and global food shortages were being undermined by widespread corruption in provision of ever-scarcer water resources, said a report launched the other day at the United Nations.
The worldwide pattern of graft ranges from New Orleans to New Delhi, according to Transparency International (TI), an organisation that monitors and campaigns against corruption.
The main victims were the poorest inhabitants of developing states, which risked losing to fraud and bribery up to $48bn (euro31bn,
The worldwide pattern of graft ranges from New Orleans to New Delhi, according to Transparency International (TI), an organisation that monitors and campaigns against corruption.
The main victims were the poorest inhabitants of developing states, which risked losing to fraud and bribery up to $48bn (euro31bn,