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Killer kickbacks - corruption in water sector affects millions

Corruption is one of the main causes of a global crisis that deprives more than a billion people of access to safe drinking water and more than 2.6 billion of access to sanitation systems, according to a new report by Transparency International.

27 Jun 2008

Corruption in the water sector affects the lives and livelihoods of billions, says Transparency International. (Image: : Shamsuddin Ahmed/IRIN)

Corruption in the water sector affects the lives and livelihoods of billions, says Transparency International. (Image: : Shamsuddin Ahmed/IRIN)

"In perhaps no other area does corruption so profoundly and directly affect the lives and livelihoods of billions of people as in the provision of water," Transparency chairwoman Huguette Labelle said in the preface to the watchdog's 2008 annual report, Corruption in the Water Sector.

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