(February 22, 2005) The annual top 10 “world’s worst dictators” list compiled by the U.S. weekly lifestyle magazine, Parade in consultation with human-rights organizations.
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Aid and development
(February 22, 2005) MotherJones.com contributor Onnesha Roychoudhuri poses an interesting question for international lending agencies: What incentive do "lending agencies have, in their current form, to eradicate poverty?
Will power
(February 18, 2005) Once again Canada has found cause to wag its diplomatic finger at Africa, this time shaking a despairing head over Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and his government’s failure to stamp out corruption.
Deformation monitoring and exploration on Shuping Landslide induced by ompoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China
(2005) The Three Gorges Dam construction on the Yangtze River in China is the largest hydro-electric project in the world. After the first impoundment in June 2003, many landslides occurred or reactivated. Shuping landslide is one of the most active landslides among them. In this paper, the deformation of the Shuping landslide monitored by GPS, extensometers, and crack measurements are summarized.
The debt crisis that has taught lenders nothing
(February 17, 2005) An economic crisis as astonishing as Argentina’s deserves a detailed forensic examination, and in Paul Blustein’s second book it receives it.
Kenya’s president takes to bed with a book
(February 17, 2005) Kenya’s President Mwai Kibaki is said to have taken to his bed in despair, finding solace, according to a cabinet colleague, "only in the works of P.G. Wodehouse."
Waste, fraud and war
(February 17, 2005) The picture that emerges from multiple, overlapping inquiries into the world’s management of Iraq’s people and oil wealth since 1991 is appalling.
President of the Treasury Board releases review of Crown Corporation governance
(February 17, 2005) In a move that will see more Crown corporations fall under the public eye, Treasury Board President Reg Alcock has announced reforms to expand the Access to Information Act.
10 more Crown corporations will have to open records
(February 17, 2005) Ten more Crown agencies will come under public scrutiny as Ottawa reforms the act that grants access to government information, but the changes won’t prevent the kind of abuses that cropped up in the sponsorship scandal.
Dam project in Laos acts as test case for World Bank
(February 16, 2005) The World Bank’s board will be asked in the next few weeks to endorse a $1.3bn dam in Laos worth nearly as much as the gross domestic product of one of the world’s poorest countries.
Divisions on how to agree debt relief
(February 16, 2005) Disagreement about whether grants are preferable to loans is complicating efforts by rich countries to agree on debt relief for the world’s poorest countries.
Kenya: Cabinet shuffled amid calls for action on graft
(February 16, 2005) Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki shuffled his cabinet on Monday, just days after western donors had urged his government to act on reports of corruption and bad governance.
Kenya responds to pressure on government graft
(February 16, 2005) Under heavy domestic and international pressure to prove its commitment to fighting government corruption, Kenya said Wednesday that six fired senior government officials would stand trial on graft charges.
Canadian diplomat joins attack on corruption in Kenya
(February 15, 2005) Canada joined in a highly unusual diplomatic attack on Kenya yesterday as the top Canadian diplomat in the country told a local forum the government of President Mwai Kibaki lacked the "fire in the belly" to confront corruption.
Can debtors be choosers?
(February 15, 2005) The implications of Argentina’s struggle with IMF debt for highly indebted poor countries.
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