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Bigger obstacles ahead for World Bank’s Wolfowitz
(March 31, 2005) Paul Wolfowitz’s appointment as the new head of the World Bank has underlined some of the institution’s inherent weaknesses but has also made clear a need to reform the existing framework for development assistance.
PRESS RELEASE Bankrolling Nam Theun 2
(March 31, 2005) Today the World Bank is expected to approve financing for a massive US$1.2 billion dam in Laos despite international concern that the project’s revenue will be mismanaged or siphoned off by corrupt officials and contractors.
“Odious Debts”
(March 30, 2005) We’ve all heard of the Third World’s debt crisis, of hopelessly poor nations unable to pay their debts, and of the human suffering and environmental consequences of their desperate predicament. Amid emotional calls from some to forgive the debt outright come the sober solutions from bankers and bureaucrats, with their seemingly unending stream of Brady and Baker Plans, and bewildering variants of them.
Why Kofi Annan should quit the UN
(March 30, 2005) The latest damning report on the United Nations oil-for-food program gives further ammunition to those who have been calling for the resignation of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
One small step for Africa
(March 30, 2005) The Africa Commission report could mark the beginning of the end of Africa’s decline but there is no quick way back up.
Group says creditors favored over the interest of the people
(August 29, 2005) For every second we breathe, the amount we spend for debt service is equivalent to the amount of salary a common wage earner receives in three months because of the government’s refusal to change its borrowing and debt payments policies.
Thai economists expose flaws in World Bank’s economic analysis
(March 29, 2005) The final versions of these studies contain two remarkable new assumptions regarding assumed costs of natural gas alternatives that are crucial in justifying the Bank’s continued positive economic assessment of the Nam Theun 2 (NT2) project.
The ‘silver lining’ in the Wolfowitz nomination
(March 29, 2005) The nomination of US Deputy Secretary of Defence, Paul Wolfowitz, for the presidency of the World Bank has sparked some positive interest from debt campaigners.
Odious comparison
(March 29, 2005) Condor’s forecast is based on an unfair and inaccurate comparison between Argentina and the Philippines.
The blindness of a father
(March 29, 2005) To his credit, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan knows that his beloved UN faces a crisis of legitimacy. But he’s the last man on Earth who can fix it.
The World Bank’s watershed decision: Nam Theun 2
(March 28, 2005) In April, the countries on the governing board of the World Bank will consider a proposed high dam on the Nam Theun River – a decision that will set a pattern for decisions regarding hydroelectric dams around the world for years to come.
A Nam Theun 2 proponent responds to critics
(March 26, 2005) “Based on in-depth and detailed [World Bank] analyses . . . we are confident that Nam Theun 2 will be a benefit and not a burden to Thai consumers.”
Rehab may stretch beyond 2006, setting back project by 2 yrs
(March 25, 2005) Besides the recent Supreme Court order on Narmada oustees, another thing that could delay the completion of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) in Gujarat is the shoddy rehabilitation of
project-affected families (PAFs) by neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.
SC order, MP may hold up Gujarat’s work on Narmada project
(March 24, 2005) States told to extend benefits to PAFs irrespective of status.
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