Finally, around the world, there is widespread, massive corruption in the public procurement of social and economic infrastructure: EU countries have adopted 'best' practices on public procurement legislation, bidding, and publishing, but according to an EU commissioned report on corruption in public procurement, still 13 percent of project costs are lost to corruption. Corruption is highest in training projects and for utilities. United Nations research shows that corruption can cost between 23-45 percent of project costs in developing countries. This is HUGE, and does not even take into account the high financial and opportunity cost of maintaining poorly constructed infrastructure.