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Transparency International

The TI website is the largest single source of anti-corruption information. Information is available in several languages. TI, through its International Secretariat and more than 85 independent national chapters around the world, works at both the national and international level to curb both the supply and demand of corruption. TI focuses on prevention and reforming systems. The web-site provides access to CORIS (Corruption on Line Research and Information System) as well as access to its Source Book, Corruption Surveys including the annual Corruption Perceptions Index, Tool Kit, the annual Global Corruption Report, country papers and a large number of other publications. It is the. The website and TI do not focus on the water sector, although information appears which is relevant to the water sector. CORISweb is a decentralised, multilingual system. CORISweb currently holds over 16,000 resources. It also has legal texts, conventions and directives, research studies and papers, conference documents, links to other web sites, and a directory of anti-corruption organisations. Organisations and individuals worldwide are encouraged to become content partners.

Web site: http://www.transparency.org/

Internet Center for Corruption Research

A Joint Initiative of the University of Passau (Germany) and Transparency International. The web site includes the TI-Corruption Perceptions Index, academic research papers, and information on workshops and the annual course on "The Economics of Corruption".

Web site: http://www.icgg.org/

Development Gateway - Governance

The site focuses on governance issues. It seeks to complement existing resources and provide a platform for discussion on governance issues. As such, the Development Gateway actively encourages submissions on topics.

The key issues of the website are:

• anti-money laundering
• corporate social responsibility
• corruption
• data on governance
• democracy
• governance and aid effectiveness
• governance and legal/judicial reform
• governance and post-conflict nation-building
• local governance
• media and freedom of the press
• public sector reform.

It posts information that is sent in (and vetted first). Although not specialised in the water sector, its identification and abstracts of new publications in the general field of governance from around the world are particularly useful. There is an emphasis on transition countries and the former eastern block.

Web site: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/governance

World Bank

Among the multilaterals, the World Bank offers the broadest and most diverse range of information, a great deal of it analytic and evaluative. There are two main thematic pages dealing with corruption:

World Bank Institute (WBI) - Governance & Anti-Corruption
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/

This site includes links to empirical diagnostic surveys of governance and corruption, learning programs, operational research and a databank as well as news items, calendar of events, and interactive data on governance. The WBI publishes a monthly Governance and Anti-Corruption Newsletter - http://newsletters.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=583418&pagePK=64133627&piPK=64133598&theSitePK=583411

World Bank - Anti-corruption
http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/anticorrupt/

The tools and data subpage has examples of surveys, formats and results on corruption and governance. Subtopics:

• Country-Specific Corruption Surveys of Households, Firms and Public Officials
• Surveys of Firms
• Public Officials Surveys
• Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys
• World Bank Institute's Governance Databank
• Other Corruption Surveys

See also: An Anti-corruption Project Guide for new projects http://www1.worldbank.org/publicsector/PREMweek/AnticorruptionGuide.ppt

Other relevant pages include:

World Bank Group: Department of Institutional integrity
http://www.worldbank.org/integrity
The Department of Institutional Integrity (INT) is the internal unit designated by the World Bank Group to investigate allegations of fraud and corruption in Bank Group operations and allegations of staff misconduct

GRICS: Governance Research Indicator Country Snapshot
http://info.worldbank.org/governance/kkz2004/gov2001map.asp

Worldwide comparison of governance and socio-economic indicators: The Governance & Development Map Interface Web Tool. You can generate colour-coded maps on governance issues, concentrating on the regions or countries.

U4 - Utstein Anti-Corruption Resource Centre

The U4 group (Utstein Group) have established a website fully dedicated to their own anti-corruption activities. It provides lists of projects and activities and will include evaluations and analysis as these become available. This interesting website is supported by DGIS (Netherlands), DFID (UK), SIDA (Sweden), CIDA (Canada) and NORAD (Norway). Of particular interest is the website on lessons learned and best practices which leads to interesting documents from leading institutions.

Web site: http://www.u4.no

FIDIC Integrity management website

The FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has developed a Business Integrity Management System (BIMS), with formal procedures to identify potential risks, prevent and combat corruption, and implement business integrity policies for the private sector. It maintains online resources for the implementation of integrity management in industry.

Web site: http://www1.fidic.org/resources/integrity/

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), based in Austria, is a pan-European security body whose 55 participating States. It may seem like an unlikely site until you realise that it has been working in transition and former eastern block countries where detailed work on governance and corruptions began sometime ago. The website currently shows 230 publications on corruption and 120 on “water and corruption”. Hardcopies, including its interesting toolkit are sent free of charge.

Web site: http://www.osce.org/item/13568.html and http://www.osce.org/documents/

OECD: Fighting Bribery and Corruption

The OECD page on corruption has sections on:

• Bribery and Export Credits
• Ethics and Corruption in the Public Sector
• Bribery in International Business
• Tax Treatment of Bribes

Publications can also be accessed by type of document and by country.

The OECD supports several regional anti-corruption networks:

• The ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia-Pacific, targeted at ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for the Asian and Pacific Economies.
• The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe - Anti-corruption Initiative [detailed information can be found at http://spai-rslo.org/new.asp]
• The Anti-Corruption Network for Transition Economies, targeted at countries from eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Website: http://www.oecd.org/topic/0,2686,en_2649_37447_1_1_1_1_37447,00.html