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KAIROS analysis of debt recommendations in Commission for Africa Report
(April 1, 2005) Possible actions in the report’s Annex 9 are closer to the actual proposals being debated by G7 finance ministers: some additional debt service relief until 2015 and reinforcement of IMF and World Bank conditionality for African countries.
Our common interest
(March 1, 2005) British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa report.
Small Power Producers in Thailand
(March 1, 2005) Thailand’s little-known yet multi-national sector of small power producers could potentially compete with conventional large-scale hydro dams and thermal plants but development has been blocked by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.
Poverty, AIDS and war: the everyday tsunami
(March 1, 2005) The rapid and massive mobilization of aid for countries affected by the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami disaster stands in stark contrast to the amount of global attention and resources given to crises that are less visible but equally as deadly in Africa, writes Ann-Louise Colgan this week for the US-based Africa Action advocacy group.
Civil servant alleges wrongful dismissal, sues for $2.5-million
(March 1, 2005) Former EDC head launches suit.
Green light for Nam Theun 2
(February 28, 2005) The controversial Nam Theun scheme has been given the go-ahead by a World Bank advisory panel; critics that regard NT2 as the Laotian version of Thailand’s infamous Pak Mun Dam are girding for further protests.
Taming the monster called corruption
(February 27, 2005) Nigeria’s crusade against corruption got a rude shock when Transparency International accused the country of being on the lead of African nations allegedly slowing down the fight against corruption in the continent.
Senator Villar files Debt Relief Bill
(February 27, 2005) He says this is the solution to the country’s huge loans.
Following, not fearing, Argentina
(February 25, 2005) Some Filipino lawmakers would like to emulate Argentina, which defaulted on its loans in December 2001, rather than heed its example as a warning.
Nam Theun 2 Violations of OECD Multinational Investment Guidelines
(February 25, 2005) Report prepared by Proyecto Gato of Belgium and Amis de la Terre, France, with a contribution by Probe International.
The original Edsa
(February 25, 2005) The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan yesterday lamented that almost two decades after the first People Power uprising drove the strongman Ferdinand Marcos out of Malacañang, Filipinos continued to suffer for his “sins.”
TI welcomes World Bank report detailing corruption investigations
(February 24, 2005) The World Bank’s Annual Report on investigations into fraud and corruption allegations sets an example for other development banks and international institutions including the UN to follow, says Transparency International.
Kenya threatens to arrest British envoy for ‘theft and corruption’
(February 23, 2005) Relations between Britain and Kenya plunged to their lowest point in decades yesterday after a senior minister in President Mwai Kibaki’s government threatened to arrest the British high commissioner on charges of theft and corruption.
Declaration of the Northeast Cambodia Fishery Forum
(February 22, 2005) The recommendations tabled at a two-day forum attended by 180 representatives of riparian communities from different regions in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand.
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