The Global Corruption Report (GCR) is an annual evaluation of the state of corruption around the world. The report draws together analyses from experts and activists and presents recent developments pertaining to corruption as well as to the fight against it.

Each year the GCR has a special focus:

The 2008 edition offers the first in-depth look at Corruption in the Water Sector. With over 1 billion people suffering from a lack of adequate water, this timely report examines how corruption affects water resource management, drinking water and sanitation, and irrigation and hydropower and beyond. It documents the impact of corruption on this sector with case studies from all over the globe and offers suggestions from scholars and professionals for reform. It also includes overview of corruption related developments in 35 countries from around the world and summaries of corruption-related research.

The 2007 edition investigates on Corruption in Judicial Systems. The report concludes that corruption in the judiciary undermines justice in many parts of the world, denying victims and the accused the right to a fair and impartial trial.

Other past editions the GCR focussed on Corruption in the Health Sector (2006), Corruption in Construction and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (2005), Political Corruption (2004), and Access to Information (2003).

The GCR also features regional analyses and country reports for Asia Pacific. To learn about the Asia Pacific regional highlights in the GCR, please use the links below:

GCR_2008_regional_highlights_Asia_Pacific.pdf

National Integrity System country studies provide a detailed and nuanced assessment of anti-corruption systems at country level. The studies are based on TI's National Integrity System concept, which encompasses the interrelated elements necessary to promote accountability and integrity in a society. Since their introduction in 2000, the NIS country studies have provided a rich resource that profiles strengths and weaknesses in an anti-corruption system. Country studies complement TI's global measurement tools (CPI, BPI and Global Corruption Barometer), providing more in-depth assessment at country level. These qualitative studies create the basis for diagnostic and policy reform and enable the formulation of targeted and effective national anti-corruption strategies.

To date, NIS Country Studies have been completed in 30 countries in the Asia Pacific.

The most recent round of NIS Country Studies was completed in East and Southeast Asia in 2006 including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The Regional Overview Report of NIS in East and Southeast Asia 2006 summarises the findings of these nine studies.

Regional Overviews of NIS Country Studies have been produced also for the Pacific and South Asia. The National Integrity Systems: Pacific Islands - Overview Report 2004 and the Regional Overview Report on National Integrity Systems in South Asia 2005 provide an excellent overview of sub-regional corruption concerns and needs for reform.

Australia. “Chaos or Coherence? Strengths, Opportunities and Challenges for Australia’s Integrity Systems - National Integrity Systems Assessment (NISA), Final Report” is an in depth report into how the elements of Australian integrity systems interact, what constitutes a strong integrity system, and how the integrity systems should evolve to ensure coherence in the maintenance of public integrity. The assessment was conducted over a six year period by six Australian universities lead in partnership with TI Australia by Prof Charles Sampford of Griffith University. The final report launched in February 2006.

India. Corruption in the Trucking Operation in India. The report, published in 2006 and conducted by Marketing & Development Research Associates (MDRA) for TI India, assesses the extend and nature of corruption in the trucking operations.

India. In June 2005, Transparency International India released its India Corruption Study - 2005 , undertaken in alliance with the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) Delhi. The study is the largest corruption study ever undertaken in the country with a sample of 14,405 respondents spread across 20 States, taking into account perceptions of corruption as well actual experience of paying bribes.

Sri Lanka. In 2006, TI Sri Lanka conducted an in-depth analysis into corruption within the Police Department. Download the report In Pursuit of "Absolute Integrity" - Identifying Causes for Police Corruption. For more information, contact TI Sri Lanka.

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