(November 20, 2004) A regional water management body of the Mekong basin has downplayed the impact of Chinese dams on water levels in the Mekong river, but an environmental group has criticised its analysis.
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Action Alert: Argentina’s debt-swap in dispute
(November 19, 2004) Send a message to the US Securities and Exchange Commission in support of Argentinian MP and debt campaigner Mario Cafiero’s challenge questioning the legal soundness of Argentina’s massive debt-swap proposal.
IUCN in firing line for backing dam
(November 19, 2004) Activists say the World Conservation Union (IUCN) risks irrelevance for ignoring plight of elephants.
Iraq oil corruption ‘tops $21bn’
(November 19, 2004) Smuggling oil provided the main source of corrupt revenue.
Creditors still debating Iraqi debt
(November 19, 2004) Nations owed money by Iraq continue negotiations on how much of Iraq’s debts to waive.
Nam Theun 2 dam will destroy the livelihoods of poor villagers
(November 18, 2004) Ten years ago, the World Bank helped finance Thailand’s Pak Mun dam. Many of our supporters will remember that this mega-dam wiped out a productive fishery, flooded farmland, and impoverished dozens of thriving communities in northeast Thailand. The World Bank promised the villagers fair compensation and new rural livelihoods in model resettlement villages. In fact, the villagers were given mostly barren land, on which they could not survive. Most left the resettlement villages in search of jobs elsewhere.
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Nam Theun 2 dam will destroy the livelihoods of poor villagers.
Iraq creditors seek to resolve rift over debt deal
(November 18, 2004) The Paris Club of creditor nations, which includes all the Group of Seven states, met for talks on Thursday aimed at narrowing a trans-Atlantic rift over how much of Iraq’s $125 billion in debt to forgive.
Follow the Money: A Guide to Monitoring Budgets and Oil and Gas Revenues
(November 17, 2004) A new publication aimed at helping citizens of resource-rich countries more effectively monitor government earnings and expenditures, based on the experiences of some of the most successful budget groups in the world.
Iraq debt write off a matter for G7 says UK Chancellor
(November 16, 2004) The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has said that Iraqi debt forgiveness is likely to be an issue to be decided by the Group of Seven leading powers.
Detectives to trace Arafat secret fortune
(November 16, 2004) The Palestinian Authority has approached American investigators to trace bank accounts, stocks, bonds and real estate owned by the late Yasser Arafat and his close relatives and aides, Arab News has learned.
Analysis: Storm brewing over Arafat’s money
(November 16, 2004) The question of Yasser Arafat’s enigmatic funds is now developing into a full-fledged storm, the consequences of which could have an impact on the war on terrorism and its outcome.
IMF would welcome early repayment of Russia’s debt
(November 15, 2004) Russia’s macroeconomic performance in recent years now allows it to begin repaying its debt early.
Italian firms in Lesotho dam corruption case
(November 14, 2004) Italy’s biggest construction company, Impregilo, was hauled before the Lesotho High Court this week as authorities launched their sixth corruption prosecution relating to the multibillion-dollar Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Arafat’s millions: Hard to find, harder to claim
(November 14, 2004) In his four decades as Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat ran a murky financial empire that includes far-flung Palestine Liberation Organization investments in airlines, banana plantations and high-tech companies, and money hidden across the globe.
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