# Global Corruption Report 2005: Corruption in construction and post-conflict reconstruction

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/global-corruption-report-2005-corruption-in-construction-and-post-conflict
Type: Publication or report
Published: 2005-03-16
Updated: 2020-05-12

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16 March 2005

The Global Corruption Report 2005 focuses on corruption in construction and post-conflict reconstruction. The book includes expert reports on post-conflict reconstruction, with a detailed analysis of corruption in Iraq; the mechanisms of corruption in construction projects, from infrastructure development in Lesotho to public services in Germany; the economic cost of corruption in infrastructure; the environmental risks of corruption in construction; corruption on the fault line, such as earthquake destruction in Italy, Turkey and worldwide; and the role of multilateral development banks and export credit agencies in financing corruption.

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