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Poor pay most for water corruption: TI

Corruption is denying the poor in Africa and Asia access to water and making households in Nairobi face higher utility bills than those in New York, a report by Transparency International released Wednesday said. The anti-graft watchdog said corruption was a critical but often overlooked factor in the global water crisis that has left a fifth of the world's population without guaranteed access to drinking water.

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