Water and Sanitation Sector Integrity Risk Index

Corruption
Big Data
WASH
Authors
Affiliations

Mihály Fazekas

Central European University

Umrbek Allakulov

Water Integrity Network

Alfredo Hernández Sánchez

Barcelona Institute of International Studies

Published

January 14, 2022

Doi

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17362333

Abstract

We employ a data-driven approach to develop a composite Water Integrity Risk Index (WIRI) made up of a host of objective proxy indicators as well as survey-based measures of corruption experience to identify and assess integrity risks in the urban W&S sector in selected settlements around the world. Unlike broader-scope corruption indices, the WIRI outlined in this paper uses administrative datasets and survey data capturing information on corruptible transactions; thus, our analysis is micro-level, narrowly focuses on the W&S sector and is both transparent and replicable. The result is an actionable index which measures integrity risks over 7 countries between 2012 and 2019.

Key figure(s)

FIGURE 1. WIRI RANKING OF URBAN AREAS (CROSS-SECTIONAL)

Citation

Fazekas, M., Allakulov, U., Hernandez Sanchez, A., & Aje, J. (2022). Water and Sanitation Sector Integrity Risk Index. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Water, Megacities & Global Change, 875–890. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17362333