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We set up this blog to discuss issues surrounding universal access to safe, physically accessible, sufficient and affordable clean water. These issues include, but are not limited to: 1) whether access to clean water should be enshrined as a fundamental human right; 2) how to respond to the increasingly prevalent treatment of water as a commodity rather than a public good (corporate social responsibility and water); 3) clean water as global health issue; 4) clean water as a poverty issue; 5) clean water as a global security issue; 6) clean water as a gender issue.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Transparency International: Corruption in the Water Sector

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2008/wwd_redbox_18_march
Transparency International's will be releasing a report on corruption in the water sector.

http://www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases/2008/2008_06_06_gcr2008_ny

Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector will be released on 25 June 2008 at United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Corruption undermines development as it exacerbates the global water crisis that threatens billions of lives and facilitates environmental degradation. It represents a risk for efforts to tackle the food crisis and affects all aspects of the water sector, from water resources management to drinking water services, irrigation and hydropower.
In this timely report, scholars and professionals document the impact of corruption in the sector, with case studies from all around the world offering practical suggestions for reform.
Panel discussion followed by press conference
Wednesday 25 June, 200810.00 - 11.30 am
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