(November 29, 1999) Dam-building companies charged with corruption in a Lesotho court should be suspended from receiving World Bank contracts while they are under investigation, says International Rivers Network.
Wolfensohn will lose face if he gives nod to dirty dozen
(November 17, 1999) The simple issue on the agenda at a World Bank meeting in Pretoria is corruption – specifically the padding of Katse Dam construction costs by a "dirty dozen" of multinational corporations.
Corrupt governments receive no less foreign aid
(November 1, 1999) “Based on some measures of corruption – the more corrupt the government is, the more aid it actually receives.”
Do corrupt governments receive less foreign aid?
(November 1, 1999) Andrew Mwenda’s criticism that “countries that are deserving don’t get aid,” is supported in part by the findings of a 1999 research project by the US nonprofit organization, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
Funders ponder response to corruption
(October 21, 1999) The World Bank and other official financiers meet next month to discuss ways out of a corruption scandal reaching from the remote highlands of Lesotho to their own headquarters.
Philippine government to dismantle Marcos’ nuclear plant
(October 19, 1999) The debt-ridden Philippine government has decided to dismantle and sell the assets of the Bataan nuclear plant.
Swiss admission of supporting Apartheid
(October 14, 1999) The Swiss government has acknowledged that its refusal to impose sanctions on apartheid South Africa 15 years ago was indefensible.
PRESS RELEASE Philippine government to dismantle Marcos’ nuclear plant
(October 19, 1999) The debt-ridden Philippine government has decided to dismantle and sell the assets of the Bataan nuclear plant. The $2.3-billion (U.S. dollars throughout) plant, a painful reminder of the Ferdinand Marcos regime, costs Filipino taxpayers more than $170,000 a day in interest and accounts for more than 5 per cent of the country’s total debt.
In 1991, we proposed a way out of the Third World debt crisis. Now it’s happening.
(September 21, 1999) In 1997, after hearing about Probe International’s campaign to enforce the doctrine of odious debts, a group of South African activists knew they had found the answer to their quest for a just and principled stand against the accomplices to apartheid.
Jubilee 2000 campaign intensifies
(September 17, 1999) As the “100 days to the millennium” approaches, the anti-debt campaign, Jubilee 2000, has entered a period of intense activity.
Nigeria begins slow return from military rule
(September 3, 1999) President Olusegun Obasanjo intends to spend his 100th day in office working as usual, officials told AFP this week.
Acres International replies
(August 27, 1999) We feel compelled to correct the record as it has been characterized in Patricia Adams’ commentary. Ms. Adams refers to Acres International and suggests that monies were improperly paid by our company to an official with the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). This is simply not the case. We did not make any such payments, and we have no knowledge of any improper transactions.
SA can set anti-corruption example
(August 26, 1999) “There is no question that as we move into the global information age, foreign corrupt practices threaten to undermine both the growth and the stability of our global trade and financial system”, said Al Gore.
Truth panel will call Nigeria’s strongmen to account
(August 22, 1999) Nigeria is to investigate the sins of its military past in an unprecedented attempt to curb the power of the generals who have ruled for most of the years since independence.
FEBRUARY 28: Obasanjo wins Nigerian
(August 20, 1999) Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s former military ruler, swept back to power as the state’s first elected civilian leader in 15 years.
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