(October 23, 2000) The UK Select Committee on International Development is currently holding an inquiry into the causes of corruption and the role of governmental agencies, multilateral development banks and the private sector in promoting it.
A review of the Se San 3 hydropower project feasibility study
(October 16, 2000) In February 1999 SWECO delivered to the electric utility of Vietnam a
report entitled "Feasibility Study on Se San 3 Hydropower Project,
Final Report." The study overstates the value of Se San 3 by
disregarding the concept of firm power.
Third world debt may soon lose the spotlight
(October 4, 2000) Campaigners vow to keep on fighting after Jubilee 2000 shuts shop.
Whassup with Paul Martin?
(September 28, 2000) Patricia Adams is quoted in the wake of Paul Martin’s proposal "that the world’s rich countries tell poor countries to just forget about paying back all those billions in loans."
Wahid calls for arrest of Suharto’s son over bomb blasts
(September 15, 2000) Indonesian president, said on Friday that the youngest son of former president Suharto, Hutomo Mandala Putra, would be arrested in connection with a car bomb blast at the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) on Wednesday.
Statement on the Braziliam Referendum on debt
(September 14, 2000) Brazil Network on Multilateral Financial Institutions in the National Coordination of the Brazil Jubilee 2000 Campaign for a Debt-Free Milleniu.
Dams on trial: The World Bank and the “cancer of corruption” — The Lesotho case
(September 1, 2000) Antonio Tricarico Campagna per la riforma della Banca mondiale.
Debt relief leaving the poor worse off, says Oxfam
(August 21, 2000) International efforts to cut the debts of the world’s poorest countries are leaving some paying tens of millions of dollars more to their western creditors, Oxfam said today.
US Policy Towards Nigeria: An Agenda for Justice
(August 21, 2000) If the U.S. government is serious about supporting democracy, it should immediately and unilaterally cancel Nigeria’s U.S. debt and publicly pressure Europe to follow suit.
G8 summit host Japan urged to implement international Anti-Corruption Convention
(July 20, 2000) Corruption will be high on the agenda of the summit due to start in Okinawa, Japan, on Friday.
Sole wins more time in fraud trial
(August 19, 2001) The corruption trial of Ephraim Sole, the dismissed chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, resumed this week in the Maseru high court after a two-month recess, only to be halted within a day.
Naked city
(August 18, 2000) According to prominent Indonesian analyst Jeffrey Winters, it’s time for American authorities to investigate Freeport-McMoRan’s alleged payoffs to General Suharto and his cronies.
Landmark court ruling condemns Argentina’s illegitimate debt
(August 8, 2000) An unprecedented judicial ruling from the Argentine courts has condemned the illegitimate origins of a substantial portion of external debt amassed during the military period from 1976 to 1983.
A warning to despots everywhere
(August 8, 2000) It has been a bad week for former dictators.
Tribunal condena deuda ilegítima argentina
(August 7, 2000) Debajo encontraran la correspondencia recibida por el hijo de Alejandro Olmos y por Hector Seoane, Secretario General del Foro de la Deuda Externa/FORDEX, de la sentencia que dicto el Tribunal Federal de Argentina el viernes 14 de julio sobre la ilegitimidad de la deuda externa argentina durante la dictadura militar: 1976-1983. El juicio ha sido iniciado por Alejandro Olmos 18 anos atras. Esta victoria le pertenece mas que nada a el y a los que creyeron y le apoyaron en su lucha.
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