Common violations of the human rights to water and sanitation 2014, para. 44
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Human rights violations may result from misappropriation of resources allocated for the realization of the rights to water and sanitation. Corruption directly affects the available resources for basic service provision: in 2006 the World Bank estimated that there would be a loss of US$ 20 billion in financing over the next decade. Corruption increases the price of services, making them unaffordable, for example when bribes have to be paid. Corrupt practices disproportionately affect poor and marginalized groups, who lack the resources to pay bribes and the power and voice to oppose the vested interests of elites.
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Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation