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July 2008

interview of the month

Muhammad Zamir, former Bangladesh Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador

Vice President of both the Center for Democracy and the Bangladesh Water Partnership, Muhammad Zamir has been associated with diplomacy for almost 34 years. During his career, he has held a wide range of official positions including Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador of Bangladesh to various European countries. Transparency Watch hears his opinion on corruption in Bangladesh and the current political situation. >> read more

spotlight story

Global Corruption Report 2008: Corruption in the Water Sector

Water is a basic right, and a resource with no substitute. The current water crisis has wide ranging implications for human and economic development, energy and food security, as well as political stability and environmental sustainability. The Global Corruption Report 2008: corruption in the water sector, which was launched on 25 June, argues that the water crisis is a crisis of governance, with corruption as a root cause. >> read more

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

corruption in the news

TI (UK) welcomes the recommendations of the Woolf Committee on the way forward on Business Ethics at BAE Systems and calls for rigorous implementation >> read more

For the first time in European history there will be a register of lobbyists to the European Commission in Brussels. Is this a first step towards EU lobbyism transparency? >> read more

TI chapters in the Dominican Republic and Paraguay worked hard during their countries' respective presidential elections to help make the electoral process free and fair >> read more

A devastating earthquake in China's Sichuan province has provoked questions on building standards >> read more

Vietnam to end adoption programme with US amid accusations of corruption >> read more

Former officials claim the US administration has not been active in fighting corruption in Iraq >> read more

News from the Anti-Corruption Movement
The TI movement is committed to fighting corruption around the world. Click here to read this month's highlights. >> read more

Corruption in Quotes
"Anybody in politics who has not been offered some incentive has not been in politics long" >> read more