Water & Corruption News
News on transparency, honesty and corruption taken from Source Weekly (IRC)
- Norconsult: risks debarment from World Bank contracts (18 Oct 07)
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Norconsult International, a major player in the Norwegian aid market, has come under corruption scrutiny by the World Bank and now risks blacklisting and debarment from Bank projects.
- China: pollution data proves too hot to handle (18 Oct 07)
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The World Bank is accused of bowing to pressure, in cutting about a third of its report on the cost of pollution in China. The World Bank says China is still committed to the cause.
- China: pollution data proves too hot to handle (24 Aug 07)
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The World Bank is accused of bowing to pressure, in cutting about a third of its report on the cost of pollution in China. The World Bank says China is still committed to the cause.
- Norconsult: risks debarment from World Bank contracts (15 Jun 07)
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Norconsult International, a major player in the Norwegian aid market, has come under corruption scrutiny by the World Bank and now risks blacklisting and debarment from Bank projects.
- Zimbabwe, Namibia: examples of corruption (15 Jun 07)
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Zimbabwe's urban residents have to grease the palms of officials to ensure they can get access to water supply and sanitation services. In Namibia community members manning water points in villages should be paid for their work, says Henock Kankoshi, a Swapo MP in the National Council.
- Corruption: 2008 global report to focus on water (21 May 07)
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Transparency International is calling for summaries of research on corruption in the water sector, which will be the focus of its annual flagship publications, the Global Corruption Report 2008.
- Arvind Kejriwal: 2006 Ramon Magsaysay leadership award (19 Feb 07)
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Arvind Kejriwal was awarded the 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership from Malaysia, for his activating India’s right-to-information movement at the grassroots in New Delhi. This included a successful campaign against a water-privatisation plan.
- Peru: district government says US$ 47mn wastewater pipeline "useless" (19 Feb 07)
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San Miguel district officials in Lima plan to address congress to accuse former government authorities and possibly officials from local water utility Sedapal of fraud and wrongful spending of funds in installing the Interceptor Norte sewerage pipeline.
- South Africa: political interference hampering Blue Scorpions (19 Feb 07)
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Political interference is hampering the work of the so-called Blue Scorpions, the department of water affairs’ unit tasked with clamping down on illegal bulk water use in South Africa.
- Iraq: corruption slows down reconstruction of basic facilities (19 Feb 07)
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The US government donated some US$ 45 billion for reconstruction and relief funding to Iraq. However, due to endemic corruption, people are still lacking basic facilities such as power, clean potable water and sanitation.
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