(October 13, 1991) A look at…lending to the Third World.
Other News Sources
Chinese dam collapses killing close to three hundred
On the night of August 27, 1993, a dam burst high in a remote province of China, sending torrents of water crashing down on nearby villages. Close to 300 people were killed and thousands were made homeless.
Probe Alert September 1991
India’s Subernarekha River – whose name means “streak of gold” – flows through a region rich in forests, iron, copper, gold, and other minerals. Along its course it provides water for the Ho, the Santhal, the Bhumij, the Gond, and other tribes.
Probe Alert Summer 1991
World Bank threatens fisheries – food for millions – in Mekong basin
A lending legacy
(1991) The results of more than 40 years of World Bank/IMF investment in Thailand are still uncertain.
Probe Alert Spring 1991
New green fund: more green-wash
A Saturday morning call
(February 12, 1991) Beijing – The telephone call from an agitated Chinese woman came at 9:30 Saturday morning, November 16. At that moment, 3 miles away in the Great Hall at Tiananmen Square, Secretary of State James Baker was sitting down to talk about human rights with China’s prime minister, Li Peng, and 7,500 miles away in Washington D.C., the Senate was passing a unanimous resolution on deploring China’s mistreatment of journalists in general and one in particular: an outspoken ex-political prisoner, 50 year old Dai Qing.
1991 Campaign Letter
For years ago, Canadian government officials went to Thailand and – according to documents we obtained through Access to Information laws – made a secret deal with the Tai government: Let Canadian taxpayers give you a free food irradiator, using foreign aid funds, the officials said, and we will promise to import your irradiated food into Canada.
1991 Campaign Letter
Foreign aid institutions have fuelled the Third World’s debt crisis devastated the global environment. The time has come to shut them down.
Probe Alert Winter 1990
Canadian dam builders plan to drown subarctic wilderness
Development and ecology
(October 27, 1990) View speech
Of dams, damage and secrecy
(October 15, 1990) In the third part of series, Ann Danaiya Usher comments on big dams in the light of the “sustainable development” discourse.
Safe development deals hot issue
(October 9, 1990) Environmental review of export projects sought.
Probe Alert Fall 1990
Cameroon rainforests under siege
Probe Alert Fall 1990
The destruction of Calancan Bay
Probe International 