(March 6, 2001) Court indictment and charges of of bribery against Canadian company, Acres International Limited, in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Crown v. Lahmeyer International GmbH
(March 6, 2001) Court indictment and charges of 12 counts of bribery against German engineering company, Lahmeyer International GmbH, in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
Indictment – The Crown versus Jacobus Michiel Du Plooy
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To drop or not to drop?
(May 1, 2001) Tim Allen and Diana Weinhold explore the arguments of William Easterly, a leading economist at the World Bank, who investigated the claims and proposals of Jubilee 2000 and found them to be wanting.
Domestic crony capitalism and international fickle capital: is there a connection?
(March 1, 2001) The director of the Project on Corruption and Globalization at the Brookings Institute examines the connection between domestic crony capitalism and dependence on volatile international capital flows such as international bank loans.
The concept of odious debt and its relevance to Indonesia
(February 23, 2001) For creditors to expect any protection for their loans to foreign states, their loans must be utilized for the needs and interests of the state; otherwise the loans belonged to the power which contracted them, and were therefore, debts of the regime.
No sweet fruit for the majority!
(February 21, 2001) Yet another budget that prioritises the Apartheid debt ahead of the poor!
“Strongest correlation” between corruption and poor environmental performance, study shows
(January 26, 2001) The more affected it is by corruption, the poorer a country’s environmental performance, a new study to be presented in Davos shows.
Debt relief needs an epiphany
(January 5, 2001) Forgiving the poorest countries’ loans is only a start, say Sara Stratton and church groups campaigning for reform.
Export Credit Agency finance in Indonesia
(January 1, 2001) EDF report concludes that ECAs played a major role in financing environmentally and socially unsustainable investments by assisting foreign investors in supporting Suharto’s system of economic and political monopolies.
Africa’s Development Crisis – Another Berlin Conference is Possible
(January 1, 2001) A huge chunk of the external debt of African countries is composed of debt contracted in questionable circumstance. Two-thirds of Nigeria’s over $28 billion external debt was contracted between 1983 and 1998 when the military held sway.
Where things stand with Fortis’s proposed Chalillo dam
(December 24, 2000) The last few months have seen major developments in the campaign to stop Fortis’s hydro scheme in Belize’s Macal River Valley. Here’s an update of recent events.
Corruption in the third world is our problem
(December 13, 2000) Britain is slow to punish businessmen who offer bribes abroad.
Coughing up for apartheid
(December 8, 2000) Foreign companies should face up to the truth about their roles in apartheid, a recent NGO conference in Germany concluded.
OECD agrees to clamp down on bribery in export credit transactions
(December 6, 2000) OECD member states announced in Paris today that they have agreed on an action programme to deter bribery in government-supported export credit transactions.
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