(April 13, 2009) Rauf Naqishbendi, a contributing writer at the American Chronicle, looks at some of the negative consequences of US foreign aid.
Aid Keeps Latin America Poor
(April 6, 2009) The Wall Street Journal‘s Mary Anastasia O’Grady pokes at Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for jetting to last week’s Inter-American Development Bank annual meeting in order to propose a near tripling of the development bank’s capital.<.
In the Name of Progress: The Underside of Foreign Aid
In clear, uncompromising language the book explains where progress went wrong and the remedies needed to prevent foreign aid from doing more of the same in the future.
G8 : Some give, plenty of take
(July 16, 2009) The media has presented the G8’s L’Alqila summit promise of US$20 billion for food security and agricultural development in Africa as good news, but a closer look at the figures shows that G8 countries actually take much more out than they put into the continent, writes Yash Tandon.
The World Bank and Satyam: A match made in heaven
(January 14, 2009) The cooked books at Satyam rocked India’s internationally-praised IT industry. But the problems at Satyam have also made their way onto the shores of World Bank – causing the agency to bar the company from bidding on projects for eight years.
Papua New Guinea and China’s New Empire
(January 3, 2009) In less than a decade, China has spun a web of strategic investments that stretches from Latin America to the former Soviet Union, from the remotest islands of the South Pacific to the huge oil fields of Angola and Sudan. In a range of resource-rich countries, China is diligently cultivating its interests. The Globe and Mail’s Geoffrey York
The aid industry in Nepal — large budgets, large problems
(November 26, 2008) The Asian Development Bank, Chinese banks, and Indian firms are using foreign aid to build a mega-dam in Nepal where experts say an earthquake is likely. Nepal’s Federation of Water and Energy Users says the decision bypassed Parliament, violates the constitution and the human rights of Nepalese. Meanwhile, local micro-hydro operators are churning out cheaper, reliable, aid-free power.
Asian Development Bank: Protests Continue Over ADB’s Rice Distributions
(November 7, 2008) Hundreds of villager continued their protests Thursday over their exclusion from the Asian Development Bank’s emergency food distributions in 200 communes around the Tonle Sap Lake and in Oddar Meanchey province, human rights workers said.
Statement From G-20 Summit
(November 16, 2008) Following is the text of the statement from the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy.
‘People power’ aids green drive in China
The country’s natural resources are under such strain that experts warn there could be more than 150 million ‘environmental refugees’ in future as people flee ecologically stressed regions.
Lao dam argument doesn’t hold water
Laos has pinned its economic future on the Nam Theun 2 dam, but there is no buyer for its power and no commercial lenders in sight, writes Grainne Ryder.
Why consumers and citizens should pull the plug on the Asian Development Bank- part 1 of 2
(May 3, 2000) Without market discipline or public oversight, the ADB is a financial and environmental menace, providing a breeding ground for electricity investments that destroy the environment, create poverty, sink Asian citizens in debt, cost taxpayers in donor countries money, and deprive consumers of cheaper, better generating options.
U.S., other nations step up bribery battle
(September 12, 2008) The Wall Street Journal’s Russel Gold and David Crawford look at the
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