(October 29, 2004) Nearly all the new whistleblowers are from the World Bank reports Thomas Devine of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), who notes that the Bank’s whistleblower policy in practice had been ‘the primary weapon against them.
Patricia Adams’ Written Statement to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
(November 12, 2004) The written statement submitted by Patricia Adams to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the roundtable discussion on multilateral development bank corruption.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: bribery on a massive scale
(August 8, 2004) Many of the legal aspects of corruption have now been thoroughly and recently tested in the Lesotho courts, challenging the ways in which corruption is detected and punished in different parts of the world.
Debt campaigner contests Argentina’s debt-swap proposal
(July 29, 2004) Debt campaigner says omitted facts "makes this prospectus misleading.
Sanctions only ‘real punishment’: prosecutor
(July 21, 2004) The only “real punishment” companies convicted of corruption find meaningful are sanctions from international donor and lending agencies, said Mr Penzhorn, who likens a company’s loss of livelihood to an individual’s loss of liberty.
The oil-for-food scandal: next steps for Congress
(June 30, 2004) The oil-for-food fraud is potentially the biggest scandal in the history of the United Nations and one of the greatest financial scandals of modern times.
Text of United Nations draft resolution on Iraq
(May 24, 2004) The United States and Britain circulated the following draft UN resolution on Iraq to Security Council members.
UK corruption allegations ‘not investigated’
(March 24, 2004) Allegations of bribery and corruption by British companies and individuals overseas are far more common than published government figures suggest, an investigation by the Financial Times has found.
Iraq’s odious debts “Arabic version”
(March 16, 2004) International conference on Iraq and debt relief in Berlin, Germany, March 16–17
Iraq’s odious debts: The odious debt doctrine and Iraq after Saddam
(March 16, 2004) “The majority of the debts that Iraq has inherited from the regime of Saddam Hussein, I believe, are odious in law, and thus not legally enforceable.”
Three strikes against graft: assessing the impact of high-profile corruption
(March 15, 2004) Discussion paper on the Lesotho highlands bribery prosecutions.
At Goliath’s feet: the Lesotho corruption and bribery trials
(March 15, 2004) Barrister Fiona Darroch provides an overview of the landmark Lesotho Highlands Water Project corruption trials and addresses some of the wider implications for the international community.
Dialogue on globalisation: Odious debts, odious creditors?
(March 1, 2004) There seems hardly a better way to illustrate the validity of the odious debt doctrine than the case of Iraq ‚ where most outstanding loans were underwritten by the dictatorial regime of Saddam Hussein.
A primer on Iraq’s finances
(February 25, 2004) For Iraq’s ratio of external interest payments/foreign exchange earnings to be comparable to the median of sovereigns rated ‘B+’and lower, we estimate gross external debt would need to fall by about 90% to USD14bn.
Iraqi sovereign debt cancellation
(November 26, 2003) At the new session of the UK Parliament this week, Labour MP Barry Gardiner tabled an Early Day Motion on Iraqi debt. The text for the motion reads: "This House . . . concludes that Iraq’s debt is unsustainable; [and] further welcomes and supports Jubilee Iraq’s proposals for debt cancellation."
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