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

specially chartered trains to be incinerated in oversized plants, scattered throughout the Rhine-Ruhr region. There was money to be earned in garbage.

Notes 1. Hans Leyendecker is one of Germany’s most renowned investigative journalists. Since 1997 he has been senior political editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung, a major German daily. 2. Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), 11 November 2003.

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

Published on Mar 15, 2005

Transparency International

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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