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These documents are from a wide variety of sources and do not necessarily represent the views of WIN secretariat.


The 4th World Water Forum, Mexico: A practitioner’s forum
Butterworth , John and IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre

This article reviews the 4th World Water Forum (www.worldwaterforum4.org.mx) held in Mexico City from 16–22 March 2006. It brought together almost 20,000 participants in 200 working sessions around the theme ‘local actions for a global challenge’.

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The Human Rights Impact of Local Government Corruption and Mismanagement in Rivers State, Nigeria
Human Rights Watch

This Human Rights Watch report was published in January 2007 and is based on a four-week research mission to Nigeria.

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Toilet wars: urban sanitation services and the politics of public-private partnerships in Ghana
Ayee , J. and Crook, R.

By Ayee, J/ Crook, R (2003). Working paper no. 213 from the Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, UK

Read more or download AyeeCrook Toilet Wars.pdf  (581 kB)

Transparency, Honesty and Corruption in the Water and Sanitation Sector
Laurent Stravato, Kathleen Shordt, Cor Dietvorst and Marielle Snel

Lessons learned from an e-conference - In May 2005, the IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre organized an e-conference forum with
175 registered participants on the topic: Transparency and honesty in the water and sanitation sector.

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Urban Water Conflicts
UNESCO Water Portal

An analysis of the origins and nature of water-related unrest and conflicts

Read more or download UNESCO_Urban Water Conflicts.pdf  (1.68 MB)

Water Quality and Transparency

Brazil 's federal government has earmarked nearly 15 billion Euros (40 billion reais) to invest in sanitation between 2007 and 2010 for sewerage treatment and diffuse pollution reduction through better urban planning. The study and paper gives a scenario of Brazil's water policy challenges and explains how the allocating these funds can succeed only if economic and transparent instruments including a strategic plan to the implementation of water targets

Available in Portuguese & English.

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Why Water? The importance of fighting corruption in the water sector
Water Integrity Network

WIN Presentation at the Annual regional meeting of Transparency International’s South Asian chapters on 6 June 2007.

Read more or download WIN Presentation_for NL.pdf  (116 kB)

WIN Info: Corruption in Sanitation
WIN-Secretariat

A concise overview of the problems, effects and possible solutions of corruption in sanitation. Produced by the WIN-Secretariat (2007)

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