Gender, Water and Integrity (2015)

The provision of water services requires huge investments in all countries involving many processes and institutions, private and public in the form of governments, contractors, utilities, etc. This scenario coupled with weak governance structures and lack of social integrity becomes a breeding ground for corruption. Corruption leads to unsustainable projects, it leads to services that do not meet the people’s needs. This brochure explains why corrupt water management is a gender issue, goives examples of corrupt water management on different levels and in different countries and gives good practices of breaking with corruption in water management.