(June 4, 2006) The rush to pay off foreign loans has derailed Nigeria’s chance to challenge its odious debts, claims Lagos-based lawyer and commentator Remi Ogunmefun in "Nigeria after debt relief".
Wolfowitz needs to look at corruption of yesterday, not just today
(June 1, 2006) And follow the positive example of Norway: any comprehensive approach to corruption must examine the World Bank’s lending practices of yesterday and cancel debts found to be corrupt and fraudulent.
Why is it difficult to eradicate corruption in Indonesia
(May 26, 2006) “You can’t clean a dirty floor with a dirty broom,” says Jarkarta Post columnist T. Sima Gunawan, quoting an activist, in response to the problem of graft in Indonesia, ranked by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International as the sixth most corrupt nation in the world.
Wolfowitz defuses disputes over his role as world banker
(May 24, 2006) Certainly there is harsh criticism of Wolfowitz, but it seems tempered by a sense that his approach offers a chance for change at the World Bank, a lumbering institution often berated as secretive, bureaucratic and ineffective.
Nigeria after debt relief
(May 24, 2006) The battle for the cancellation of Nigeria’s foreign debt has been won and lost.
Ronnie, Winnie and nuclear power
(May 19, 2006) Ronnie Velasco, in his newly published memoirs, Trailblazing, the Quest for Energy Self-Reliance, opens by ad-homineming "the anti-Marcos opposition" for "the tragedy of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant."
OECD says companies must reveal record on bribery
(May 16, 2006) Companies seeking export guarantees from rich country governments must in future declare whether any of their staff have been charged with or convicted of bribing foreign officials, reports the Financial Times.
KPCC to pursue SNC Lavalin issue
(February 17, 2006) President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee Ramesh Chennithala termed the SNC Lavalin deal as the biggest scam in the history of Kerala.
A corrupt French connection
(March 13, 2006) Last year was celebrated as the "Year of Africa." Tony Blair proposed a doubling of aid to the continent; the world’s rich nations promised debt elimination; and the Bush administration talked up its remarkably good record in boosting foreign assistance.
‘CPI-M leaders involved in Lavalin case’
(March 14, 2006) The Congress party has accused the central leadership of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) of involvement in a controversial deal with the Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin.
Bank denies information on Pinochet
(March 16, 2006) The New York branch of The Bank of Chile refused to hand over the records of the Pinochet Foundation, which is suspected of having been used by the ex Chilean dictator to launder money.
World Bank corruption may exceed $100 billion
(May 13, 2006) World Bank corruption may exceed $100 billion and while the institution has moved to combat the problem, more must be done, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Thursday.
Wolfowitz’s ‘saber rattling’ against corruption raises eyebrows
(May 13, 2006) Chad, India, Kenya and Congo have all felt the sting of the cuts aimed at demonstrating how serious World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is about fighting corruption.
Wolfowitz’s new comb
(May 11, 2006) Is the spit and comb guy from Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 using corruption as a smoke screen to stall debt relief?
World Bank’s war on corruption
(March 7, 2006) "Corruption is the biggest threat to democracy since communism," says World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, who plans to make reducing graft in the countries where the bank does business a priority.
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