(November 14, 2002) The Argentine government on Thursday took the extraordinary step of defaulting on a loan repayment to the World Bank, in a sign of its intense frustration over negotiations with the bank’s sister institution, the International Monetary Fund.
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Lakabane Family Faces Danger of Being Swallowed Up By the Giant Mohale Dam
(November 14, 2002) As the impoundment of the Mohale reservoir of the giant Lesotho Highlands Development Project begins, the future remains uncertain and bleak for some local communities living around the reservoir.
NGO’s sue Japanese bank
(November 13, 2002) Two Indonesian non-governmental organizations have filed a suit with a Japanese court against the Japan Bank forInternational Cooperation, demanding it stop funding the construction of a Rp 29bn bridge near the Rawa Singkil Animal Park in Aceh.
China in quandry to fight corruption
(November 13, 2002) To understand corruption in modern China and the public’s rising fury, consider the charmed career of Jia Qinglin.
Change flows down the Mekong
(November 13, 2002) Chinese actions that affect the flow of the Mekong have a bearing on countries further downstream. Clearly, nothing should be done without a careful study beforehand.
Green Watch wins Bujagali PPA case
(November 12, 2002) High Court yesterday declared that the Power Purchase Agreement and the implementation agreements between AES and government are public documents. The agreements were at the centre of a long-running court battle between government and Green Watch, a local environmental organisation.
Chinese congress delegates say party must fight corruption
(November 12, 2002) Delegates attending the ongoing 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)said the party must improve its work style and fight against corruption so as to govern the country well.
Multinationals’ bribery goes unpunished: Fighting corruption
(November 12, 2002) When OECD member countries signed a convention in 1997 outlawing bribery by multinational companies of officials abroad, it was regarded as a milestone in the global fight against corruption.
Activists seek transparency in loans from World Bodies
(November 10, 2002) A conference of labour activists from ASEAN countries yesterday agreed to push for disclosure of details of loans obtained from international financial institutions.
Chinese dams could harm river ecology
(November 10, 2002) Thailand should more aware adverse impact Chinese hydropower dams blasting rapids under Mekong Navigation Channel Improvement project, Chinese environmental expert warned yesterday.
Sold down the river
(November 9, 2002) A proposed dam scheme in Belize threatens to destroy one of the world’s richest natural habitats. But should the project ever have got off the ground, asks Simon Worrall.
Taming of the Yangtze: China celebrates. No rest for dam fatalities on-site.
(November 8, 2002) This week the world took note, as jubilant Chinese officials looked on while a convoy of trucks dumped the last of the boulders that would finally tame the once mighty Yangtze to make way for the country’s monumental Three Gorges dam.
BEL threatens electricity rate hike!
(November 7, 2002) The Belize Electricity Limited (BEL) has
indicated to the press that it is considering approaching the Public
Utilities Commission (PUC) for an increase in electricity rates due to
a delay in building Chalillo, and rising oil prices.
Chinese official reports Three Gorges project free of corruption since launch
(November 5, 2002) Special anti-corruption measures have ensured the massive Three Gorges dam project has been free of graft and embezzlement since its launch in 1993, according to a senior project manager.
Thailand and Myanmar to sign MOU on hydroelectric dams
China has nearly completed the Three Gorges dam along the Yangtze River, so equipment can be moved for use at the Salween dams project [in Burma],’ the president of the Thai utility EGAT is quoted as saying.
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