WIN at the World Water Week 2007

Author: Water Integrity Network

As part of the World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden the seminar ‘Going from political rhetoric to anti-corruption action in water: what will it take?’ brought together corruption fighters, researchers and water sector professionals on 16 August 2007 to discuss the thorny issue of corruption in the sector. Organized by the Water Integrity Network (WIN) as part of a series of annual events in Stockholm, it aimed to provide a forum to deepen our understanding of water-sector corruption and particularly, how to take more concrete actions to tackle it.

The seminar included presentations by:

  • Janelle Plummer (a governance advisor based in Ethiopia) on frameworks to understand corruption
  • Undala Alam (Centre for Water Science at Cranfield University) on the links between social behaviours and corruption; and
  • Scott Guggenheim on how corruption has been fought at the grassroots in the World Bank-supported Kecamatan Development Project in Indonesia.

In a subsequent panel discussion these presenters were joined by Cobus de Swardt (Transparency International) and Ina Eriksson (SIDA) for a debate with audience.

Download the full report below.

Link: http://www.worldwaterweek.org

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WIN report 08-2007.pdf  (44 kB)
WIN Report 08-2007

WIN report 08-2007.pdf  (44 kB)

Scott Guggenheim_Fighting Corruption at the Grassroots

Scott Guggenheim_Fighting corruption at the grassroots.pdf  (1.03 MB)

Undala Alam_How to turn a poacher into a gamekeeper

Undala Alam_How do you turn poacher into a gamekeeper.pdf  (73 kB)

Janelle Plummer Making Anti Corruption Work for the Poor

Janelle Plummer Making Anti Corruption Work for the Poor.pdf  (385 kB)



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SOMALIA: A shepherd seeks water for his goat at a large catchment area outside the village of Isdorto in the southern Bakol Region. The catchment has been empty for 70 days. Many livestock are dying, and the nearest water point is 25 km away. The water basin has dried up only three times in the past 80 years. The last time was in 1992, Somalia’s worst drought in recent history.

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