(May 5, 2000) Thai people argue the ADB to stop all loans and funds for all projects in Thailand.
DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: AsDB Chants New Mantra at Annual Meet
(May 5, 2000) The new mantra of ‘poverty reduction’ will dominate discussions at the Asian Development Bank’s (AsDB) annual meeting, which starts Saturday in this northern Thai city amid tight security and protests from NGOs.
Activists demand halt to all loans
(May 5, 2000) A major protest against the Asian Development Bank is looming as non-governmental organisations have demanded it stop all loans to the government and give a clear reply by Sunday.
Water levy is the last straw
(May 4, 2000) For the past 40 years, countless farm families in Thailand have lost their lands, livelihoods and health through various mega-projects funded by multilateral development banks, including the ADB. But the ADB’s latest scheme to impose water charges on poor farmers is the last straw.
Asian Development Bank
(May 4, 2000) Finance stands firm on charging for Irrigation, Agriculture wants loan clause removed
Why consumers and citizens should pull the plug on the Asian Development Bank- part 2 of 2
(May 3, 2000) With few exceptions, the first wave of private power deals in the early 1990s were for oversized, outmoded, and polluting power plants that the MDBs have traditionally financed.
Groups tell ADB to halt loans to Thailand
(May 2, 2000) CHIANG MAI – People’s organisations have officially declared their opposition to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s loans, holding a press conference here yesterday to demand the bank halt its lending to Thailand and withdraw its conditional loan projects.
Letter to Pierre Pettigrew: PI objections to the Gowling review of EDC
(October 8, 1999) Probe International believes that the Gowlings report is biased in favour of those who wish to maintain EDC’s privileged status.
Foreign aid corruption case puts Canada on trial
(August 20, 1999) ‘Corruption has to be tackled head on,’ declared Diane Marleau, Canada’s minister for foreign aid this spring, two months after Canada adopted the OECD’s anti-corruption convention by making bribery of foreign public officials a criminal offence. But on the eve of the world’s first foreign aid-related corruption court case — one involving Canadian engineering giant Acres International — the government agencies concerned mostly appear to be abdicating responsibility.
It pays to think big: history favors dictators who take billions, not millions
(May 24, 1999) President Suharto opened his 1989 autobiography with memories of his simple childhood bathing in muddy canals in Java. “My roots are in the village,” he wrote. From the start of his dictatorship in 1966, Suharto carefully cultivated an image not just of humble origins but of lifelong simplicity. He claimed to be a common farm boy with common values, who rose without ambition to a position of dominance over one of the largest countries in the world, and who ruled in the best interests of the nation.
Suharto Inc.: All in the Family
(May 24, 1999) TIME investigation the wealth of Indonesia’s Suharto and his children uncovers a $15 billion fortune in cash, property, art, jewelry and jets.
Misusing foreign aid
(May 19, 1999) Cynical. That’s the best way to describe Ottawa’s misuse of foreign aid money to promote nuclear power in Thailand, exposed by Bill Schiller in The Sunday Star.
Letter from Probe International to Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Foreign Affairs
(February 24, 1999) span class=”font11″> Re: CIDA’s plans to sell Canadian nuclear technology to Thailand.
Canada’s representative at the ADB downplays ADB role in Mekong hydro schemes
(August 12, 1997) Thank you very much for your letter of 29 July 1997 indicating your opposition to “more than fifty large” hydropower dams along the Mekong River and its tributaries.
The World Bank’s procurement myth
To save the International Development Association, the World Bank launched a misleading public relations campaign.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
Probe International
Lisa Peryman
Probe Media
Other News Sources
Probe International 