To be launched on 1st February at 09:00 GMT

Now in its fifth year, this edition of the Global Corruption Report focuses on the health sector, where lack of integrity can be a matter of life and death. In addition to the section on health, the book contains:

• detailed assessments of the state of corruption in 45 countries;
• a foreword by Mary Robinson;
• a selection of the latest research, mapping corruption trends, links between corruption and good governance, and much more.

The special section on health presents:

• the risks of corruption in different health care systems
• the scale of the problem: from high-level corruption in Costa Rica to counterfeit medicines in Nigeria to health care fraud in the United States
• the costs of corruption in hospital administration and the problem of informal payments for health care
• the impact of corruption at various points of the pharmaceutical chain
• anti-corruption challenges posed by the fight against HIV/AIDS

If you are a journalist and would like an embargoed copy of the book, please contact press@transparency.org

The full text of the book will be available online in pdf format as of 1 February 2006 at the site: www.globalcorruptionreport.org

To access old versions of the GCR, please go to www.globalcorruptionreport.org

Ordering the GCR 2006

To order the Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2006 (£19.99 / $29.95 plus postage and packing), please log on to Amazon. You can also order through your local bookshop, quoting ISBN 0 7453 25084, or order from the publisher Pluto Press by phone +44 (0) 1264 34 30 22 or writing to pluto@thomsonpublishingservices.co.uk

The Global Corruption Report 2006 is published in London by Pluto Press (ISBN 0 7453 25084). The book can be ordered (£19.99 / $29.95 plus postage and packing) through online booksellers, local bookshops or the publisher ( www.plutobooks.com).

Ordering past editions

To order the Transparency International's Global Corruption Report 2005 (£19.99 / $29.95 plus postage and packing), please log on to Amazon. You can also order through your local bookshop, quoting ISBN 0 7453 2396 0, or order from the publisher Pluto Press by phone +44 (0) 1264 34 30 22 or writing to pluto@thomsonpublishingservices.co.uk. The report is published in French by Economica (ISBN 2-7178-5025-2).

The Global Corruption Report 2004 can be purchased at a cost of $ 24.95/GB £15.99 per copy (paperback). At your local bookshop, please quote the ISBN 0-7453-2230-1. You may also order online from amazon or from the publisher at www.plutobooks.com. In addition, a PDF version is available to download free of charge.

The Global Corruption Report 2003 can be purchased at a cost of € 20.00 per copy (paperback). You may order the GCR 2003 by writing to gcr@transparency.org. Alternatively, you may purchase the report at your local bookshop (by quoting the ISBN 1-86197-476-0) or order it online from amazon. You may also download it free of charge.

The Global Corruption Report 2001 can be purchased at a cost of € 10.00 per copy (paperback). You may order the GCR 2001 by writing to gcr@transparency.org. Alternatively, you may purchase the report at your local bookshop (by quoting the ISBN 3-935711-00-X) or order it online from amazon. You may also download it free of charge.

Ordering French editions

The 2003 and 2004 editions of the Global Corruption Report are available in French, as the Rapport mondial sur la corruption. You may place orders with the publisher, Karthala (see below). Alternatively, you may purchase the report online from amazon, or download PDF versions free of charge.

Ordering Spanish editions

The 2004 edition of the Global Corruption Report is available in Spanish, as the Informe global de la corrupción. You may place orders with the publisher, Prometeo Libros. Alternatively, you may download PDF versions free of charge.