Acknowledgements
The Global Corruption Report 2008 could not have been prepared without the dedicated efforts of many individuals, above all the authors, who have worked with purpose and passion on their contributions. We are grateful to the Transparency International movement, from national chapters around the world to the TI Secretariat in Berlin, for constant input and enthusiasm. The TI national chapters merit a special word of appreciation for continuing to fill the country report section with a wealth of insights and experiences. We are particularly indebted to the members of our Editorial Advisory Panel whose advice and expertise helped to develop and refine the report, in particular the thematic section on water: Dogan Altinbilek, Eduardo Bohórquez, Jermyn Brooks, Sarah Burd-Sharps, Piers Cross, Hansjörg Elshorst, Håkan Tropp, Tony Tujan, Surya Nath Upadhyay and Frank Vogl. The members of TI’s Index Advisory Committee offered their input on the research section of the report: Jeremy Baskin, Julius Court, Steven Finkel, Johann Graf Lambsdorff, Daniel Kaufmann, Emmanuelle Lavallée, Richard Rose and Susan Rose-Ackerman. Thanks to those individuals who graciously agreed to referee the report’s contributions and offered thoughtful and thorough responses: David Abouem a Tchoyi, Andrew Aeria, Graham Alabaster, Andrew Allan, Laurence Allan, Jens Andvig, Dominique Arel, Livingston Armytage, Manuhuia Barcham, Linda Beck, Predrag Bejakovic, Bernhard Bodenstorfer, Emilio Cárdenas, José Esteban Castro, Emil Danielyan, Marwa Daoudy, Phyllis Dininio, Gideon Doron, Juris Dreifelds, Anton Earle, Eduardo Flores-Trejo, Elizabeth Fuller, Michelle Gavin, Mamoudou Gazibo, Charles Goredema, Åse Grødeland, Ernest Harsch, Clement Henry, Paul Heywood, Jonathan Hopkin, Jarmo Hukka, Karen Hussmann, Sorin Ionita, Michael Johnston, John-Mary Kauzya, George Kegoro, Michael Kevane, Gopathampi Krishnan, Daniel Kübler, Peter Lambert, Evelyn Lance, Peter Larmour, Nelson Ledsky, Michael Likosky, Joan Lofgren, Xiaobo Lu, Cephas Lumina, Stephen Ma, Richard Messick, Arnauld Miguet, Stephen Morris, Andrew Nickson, Bill O’Neill, Katarina Ott, Michael Palmer, Jan Palmowski, Heiko Pleines, Som Nath Poudel, Miroslav Prokopijevic, Gabriella Quimson, Isha Ray, William Reno, Carlos Buhigas Schubert, Anja Senz, Erik Swyngedouw, Celia Szusterman, Madani Tall, Anthony Turton, Nicolas van de Walle, Shyama Venkateswar, Jeroen Warner, Kai Wegerich, Laurence Whitehead, Melvin Woodhouse, José Zalaquett, Mark Zeitoun and Darren Zook. We would like to acknowledge the meticulous work of our fact checkers: Cecilia Fantoni, Yolanda Fernandez, Tita Kaisari, Steven Liu, Charlotte Meisner, Friederike Meisner, Ariana Mendoza, Pamela Orgeldinger, Sarah Pellegrin, Veronica Rossini and Katherine Stecher.
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