(May 5, 2004) The harder the United Nations tries to keep a lid on Oil for Food, the more the scandal keeps boiling over.
Drastic reduction of foreign debt being negotiated
(May 4, 2004) France and Russia are among the most reluctant to cancel debt. The country’s history of foreign debt, inherited from Sadaam Hussein’s days in government, is due to an mix of accords and alliances.
Another View: UN’s corruption deserves disclosure
(May 4, 2004) Donors to UN humanitarian efforts must be confident their contributions will go to those in need, rather than into the pockets of dictators and their bought-and-paid-for allies.
Facts that should change the world
(May 1, 2004) Kenya is known as the "country of bribes." Yet multinational corporations are often implicated. Courts in Lesotho convicted two western companies of bribing their way into contracts for a dam construction project. An extract from Fifty Facts That Should Change the World (Icon Books)
The politics of petroleum
(May 1, 2004) Courted by oil firms and the U.S., the elite of impoverished Angola have extracted wealth from the boom, documents say.
Lesotho – Court Documents
Lesotho – Court Documents Appeal Judgment – Crown v. Lahmeyer International GmbH The full judgment pertaining to the Lesotho Court of Appeals decision to uphold the conviction of Lahmeyer International on several […]
Bulgaria urges probe about alleged corruption in choosing contractor to build nuclear plant
(April 29, 2004) The Ministry of Energy urged Thursday a probe about allegations of corruption a Canadian company has made in Bulgaria’s selection of a contractor to build its second nuclear power plant.
Fighting corruption
(April 29, 2004) Corruption enriches the venal, but hurts everyone else. Can it be curbed?
Even democracies need ‘sunshine’ against corruption
(April 29, 2004) The report authors conclude that corruption cannot thrive in a milieu where the public is in the know about the nature of abuses of power.
Lugar to probe World Bank
(April 27, 2004) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has begun a probe into allegations of corruption in projects managed by the World Bank and its affiliates, Senate sources said on Tuesday.
Senate panel probing World Bank
(April 27, 2004) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has started to investigate allegations of corruption in projects funded by the World Bank and its affiliates.
US softens line on debt relief
(April 26, 2004) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown hailed a breakthrough in securing more generous debt relief for the world’s poorest nations after the Bush administration signalled a softening of America’s position.
Wanted: A non-forgiving fund
(April 25, 2004) The spring meeting of the World Bank and the IMF has elicited demonstrations by well-intentioned NGOs wanting complete debt forgiveness for HIPCs. But this skirts a key question.
France to remit some Iraq debt
(April 25, 2004) France is prepared to cancel some of Iraq’s total external debt, estimated at more than $120 billion, French Finance Minister Nicholas Sarkozy said yesterday.
Activists assemble for IMF/World Bank meetings
(April 24, 2004) Activists have been converging on D.C. all week for a series of protests that culminate this weekend during meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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