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• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Peru 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Peru 2009.
• Ipsos Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado: Opinión Data: Resumen de Encuestas a la opinión pública, May 2009 (in Spanish).
• BBC News:'Fujimore Sentenced for corruption', 30 September 2009.
• Compañia Peruana de Estudios de Mercado y Opinón Pública (CPI): Programa de Estudios de Medios CPI 2008 (in Spanish).
• Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2008 (see English version).
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Peru 2008.
• Human Rights Watch: World Report Peru 2008.
• Proética: Quinta Encuesta Nacional de Corrupción 2008 (in Spanish).
• Miller & Chevalier: Latin America Corruption Survey 2008.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Peru 2008.
• US Department of State: Background Note: Peru 2008.
• Agencia Informativa Latinoamericano: 'Gobierno peruano pretende poner fin a escándolo de corrupción', 15 November 2008.
• Agencia Informativa Latinoamericano: 'Corrupción asoma como principal desafío de nuevo primer ministro en Perú', 13 October 2008.
• BBC News: 'Protesters decry Peru corruption', 8 October 2008.
• BBC News: 'Oil contract scandal shakes Peru', 7 October 2008.
• International Herald Tribune: 'Peru's cabinet offers to resign over scandal', 9 October 2008.
• El Comercio: 'Corrupción desplaza al desempleo como pricipalproblema del país', 20 April 2008.
• Global Integrity: Peru Country Report 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2007 (see English version).
• Breibart: 'Ex-Peruvian President Fujimori Sentenced to 6 Years in Prison', 12 December 2007.
• The Irish Times: 'Former Peruvian President on Trial for Massacres', 11 December 2007.
• The International Herald Tribune: 'Ex-President Sent Home to Peru to Face Human Rights Charges', 24 September 2007.
• Christian Science Monitor: 'Still Wanted in Peru, Alberto Fujimori Runs for Office in Japan', 25 July 2007.
• The New York Times: 'Chilean Court Rejects Extradition for Fujimori', 12 July 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• The San Francisco Chronicle: 'How to Steal a Democracy', 22 January 2006.
• The World Bank: 'Service Delivery, Poverty and Corruption - Common Threads from Diagnostic Surveys' Background Paper 2004.
• Transparency International: New Anti-Corruption Governments: The Challenge of Delivery: Peru: A Case Study 2004.
• BBC News: Peru Country Profile.

Corruption Levels Sources

Judicial System

• The World Bank and IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Peru 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Peru 2009.
• Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2008 (see English version).
• Miller & Chevalier: Latin America Corruption Survey 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Peru 2008.
• Proética: Quinta Encuesta Nacional de Corrupción 2008 (in Spanish).
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Peru 2008.
• Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2007 (see English version).
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• Inter Press Service: 'Lax sentences Bode Poorly for Fight Against Corruption', 1 March 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• The San Francisco Chronicle: 'How to Steal a Democracy', 22 January 2006.

Police

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Proética: Quinta Encuesta Nacional de Corrupción 2008 (in Spanish).
• Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2008 (see English version).
• Miller & Chevalier: Latin America Corruption Survey 2008.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Peru 2008.
• Australian Academic Press: Police Reform in Peru, 2005.
• Transparency International: New Anti-Corruption Governments: The Challenge of Delivery: Peru: A Case Study 2004.

Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities

• The Word Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Peru 2009.
• Latinobarómetro: Annual Report 2008 (see English version).
• The Lima Bean: 'Machu Picchu train company fined under monopoly law', 21 July 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• Proética: Informe Nacional Perú: Adquisiciones y Contrataciones Públicas 2004.
• The World Bank: A-C, Governance and Transparency Experiences and Illustrations from around the World 2004.

Land Administration

• The Word Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Peru 2009.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Peru 2008.

Tax Administration

• The Word Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Peru 2009.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Peru 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Peru 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• Lationobarómetro: Annual Report 2005 (see English version).
• The World Bank: A-C, Governance and Transparency Experiences and Illustrations from around the World, 2004.

Customs Administration

• The Word Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Miller & Chevalier: Latin America Corruption Survey 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• Deutche Gesellschaft für Techniche Zusammenarbeit (GTZ): Preventing Corruption in Public Finance Management - A Practical Guide 2005.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2005.

Public Procurement and Contracting

• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Peru 2009.
• Miller & Chevalier: Latin America Corruption Survey 2008.
• Scoop News: 'Oil Industry Told To Keep Off Uncontacted Tribes Land', 6 July 2007.
• The Word Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2006.
• Proética: Informe Nacional Perú: Adquisiciones y Contrataciones Públicas 2004 (in Spanish).
• The World Bank: A-C, Governance and Transparency Experiences and Illustrations from around the world 2004.
• The Inter-American Development Bank: 'The cost of conflict', 21 November 2003.

Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Peru 2008.
• Agencia Informativa Latinoamericano: 'Gobierno peruano pretende poner fin a escándolo de corrupción', 15 November 2008.
• Agencia Informativa Latinoamericano: 'Corrupción asoma como principal desafío de nuevo primer ministro en Perú', 13 October 2008.
• BBC News: 'Protesters decry Peru corruption', 8 October 2008.
• BBC News: 'Oil contract scandal shakes Peru', 7 October 2008.
• International Herald Tribune: 'Peru's cabinet offers to resign over scandal', 9 October 2008.
• El Comercio: 'Corrupción desplaza al desempleo como pricipal problema del país', 20 April 2008.
• BBC News: Peru Country Profile.

Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• UNODC: Peru UNCAC Pilot Review Programme Implementation Report 2010.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Peru 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Peru 2008.
• Human Rights Watch: World Report Peru 2008.
• El Comercio: 'La ONA anunció un plan nacional contra la corrupción para el 2008', 30 January 2008.
• Global Integrity: Peru Country Report 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
• USAID: Anti-Corruption and Transparency Coalitions: Lessons from Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador and Bolivia 2005.
• Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads - Peru 2005.
• Transparency International: New Anti-Corruption Governments: The Challenge of Delivery: Peru: A Case Study 2004.
• US Department of State: Fact Sheet: Transfer to Peru of Assets Derived From Corruption 2004.
• The White House Press Release: 'G8/Peru Partnership' 2004.
• IDB Group News: 'IDB supports Office of the Comptroller General in Peru', November 2004.
• BBC News: Peru Country Profile.

Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• Reporters Without Borders: Peru Country Report 2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Peru 2010.
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press Index 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Peru 2009.
• Human Rights Watch: World Report Peru 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Peru 2008.
• Reporters Without Borders: Peru - Annual Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2007.
• San Francisco Chronicle: 'How to steal a democracy', 22 January 2006.
• U4: Support to Proéticas work on regional anti-corruption plans, 2005.
• USAID: Anti-Corruption and Transparency Coalitions: Lessons from Peru, Paraguay, El Salvador and Bolivia, 2005.
• William Davidson Institute/Jennifer Hunt and Sonia Laszlo: Bribery: Who Pays, Who Refuses, What Are The Payoffs? 2005.
• BBC News: Peru Country Profile.