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December 2007

interview of the month

Oscar Arias Sánchez, President of Costa Rica

At the 12th International Anti-corruption conference (IACC) last year in Guatemala the presidents of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama and the official representatives of Belize and Republica Dominicana, signed the Guatemala Declaration for a Zone Free of Corruption. One year later, Transparency Watch was able to catch up with President Oscar Arias Sánchez of Costa Rica to ask him about the fight against corruption in Central America and how this translates into tangible results for citizens. >> read more

spotlight story

An economist's view on the cost of corruption

Measuring corruption is a very difficult task – to arrive at a number for something that is most often hidden, almost always illegal and which is manifest across many areas of society. To get an expert view on the costs of corruption, Transparency Watch approached Sanjeev Gupta, Senior Advisor, Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to write a piece on the costs of corruption. >> read more

Anti-Corruption Work Around the World

corruption in the news

A look back on the hard work and achievements accomplished by Transparency International and its chapters in 2007. >> read more

Lúcio Vaz of the Correio Braziliense was awarded the TILAC/ IPYS Best Investigative Journalism Award for his investigation into the diversion of millions in state funds for the fraudulent purchase of ambulances in Brazil. >> read more

TI’s national chapter in Morocco launched its National Observatory on Corruption and Development in November with the aim of providing citizens with high quality information and promoting access to information. >> read more

Allegations surface that senior members of the Samsung Group were involved in creating slush funds, illegal book-keeping and bribing officials. >> read more

Latvian Prime Minister's decision to fire anti-corruption chief Alekjsjs Loskutovs sparked the largest protests in the country since the independence movement in 1991. >> read more

Reports of bid-rigging led the World Bank to delay making a decision on a US $232 million road-building loan in the Philippines. >> read more

News from the Anti-Corruption Movement
Reports from Transparency International’s national chapters, members and Secretariat. Click here to read this month's highlights. >> read more

Corruption in Quotes
“Money lubricates politics around the world, but with only a few monied individuals, Latvia is ripe for corruption.” >> read more