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World water day and corruption in pictures

By on 22 March 2012 in Poverty and Development

Today is World Water Day, a day that is held annually on the 22nd of March to focus attention on critical issues linked to the water sector. Every year a different work area of the UN is put in focus and this year, the UN and the FAO are highlighting the critical link between water and [...]

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Accountability is a vital weapon in the battle against climate change

By on 8 December 2011 in Accountability, Aid, Climate Change, Lobbying, Poverty and Development

All too often, climate finance initiatives are hampered by waste and corruption. More accountability is needed, argues Cobus de Swardt, Transparency International’s Managing Director. This article was originally published in The Guardian.  World leaders meeting for this year’s climate conference in Durban will be under pressure to pool enough new funds to protect people from [...]

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The right to be heard and participatory video-making

By on 4 October 2011 in Africa and Middle East, People power, Technology

Annette Jaitner, Senior Programme Coordinator in our Africa and the Middle East Department, writes about an alternative approach some of our African chapters are using to engage people in anti-corruption work Our African chapters in Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia are supporting poor communities to make their films that highlight the problems [...]

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Iguaçu falls

The power of consensus: working out a new way to develop sustainable renewable energy

By on 22 June 2011 in Events, Human Rights, Private Sector

Donal O´Leary is a Senior Advisor to Transparency International. Last week I spent many hours in Brazil contemplating the power of water and water power. The city of Iguaçu is the perfect place to do this. Iguaçu is famous for its majestic falls, which are a World Heritage Site visited by thousands of tourists annually [...]

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Pioneering pact promises fresh approach to water provision

By on 15 June 2011 in TISDA

Rosie Pinnington is Assistant Programme Coordinator for the TISDA project in the Africa and Middle East department at Transparency International. Last month marked an historic turning point in the provision of water services to the residents of Old Town Mombasa. On Friday 20th of May, members of the Mombasa Water and Sewerage Company (MOWASCO) sat [...]

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It’s good to talk: TI-Kenya convenes suppliers, stakeholders to improve water delivery

By on 13 May 2011 in Africa and Middle East, TISDA

Overcoming governance challenges in the provision of public services like water requires more than simply pinpointing victims and exposing the wrongdoing of corrupt officials. Poor governance certainly has its victims, and those responsible must be held to account. But sometimes, instead of inciting further divisions, the most effective resolution to inadequate service provision is to [...]

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Water and profits in Nairobi’s poorest neighbourhoods

By on 27 April 2011 in Africa and Middle East, TISDA

It is difficult to believe that someone living on less than a dollar day in a Nairobi slum can pay more for the use of water than their counterparts living in the city’s affluent residential areas. A worrying trend has emerged from the Transparency and Integrity in Service Delivery in Africa (TISDA) programme water sector [...]

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World Water Day: Putting corruption in the picture

By on 22 March 2011 in Poverty and Development

Like TI’s service delivery project mentioned in Francesc’s blog earlier today, the Water Integrity Network is also stepping up its work in Sub-Saharan Africa, especially Benin, Burkina Faso and Mali. We are planning a training of trainers to better tackle corruption in the water sector. Last year we worked with Farm Radio International on radio [...]

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World Water Day: tackling corruption key to better water services

By on 22 March 2011 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and Development, TISDA

Since 1992, 22 March has been World Water Day. In 2010 the United Nations General Assembly declared that clean drinking water is a fundamental human right. Yet millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa still have no access to clean water. Lack of integrity and low performance of water utilities and informal service providers can jeopardise [...]

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Journee internationale de l’eau: s’attaquer a la corruption pour de meilleurs services dans le domaine de l’eau

By on 22 March 2011 in Africa and Middle East, Poverty and Development, TISDA

Depuis 1992, le 22 mars est la journée internationale de l’eau. En 2010, l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies a déclaré que l’accès à l’eau potable faisait partie des droits de l’homme fondamentaux. Pourtant plusieurs millions d’individus en Afrique subsaharienne n’y ont toujours pas accès. Le manque d’intégrité et les mauvaises performances des services et fournisseurs [...]

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