(May 16, 2007) Although the World Bank is finally addressing corruption, President Paul Wolfowitz is doing so in a way that puts all the responsibility on the people of the borrowing country. In Wolfowitz’s system, the lender carries no responsibility.
Watchdog Pan Yue calls for environment renewal
(May 15, 2007) In 1962, an unassuming Rachel Carson convinced Americans that blind faith in technology, as evidenced in the indiscriminate use of pesticides, was harmful to man as well as nature.
World Bank jobbery
(May 15, 2007) More evidence the Wolfowitz accusers chose to ignore.
Residents evacuated after massive landslides in China
(May 14, 2007) All the 658 residents living near a landslide area in central China’s Hubei Province had been evacuated by Monday afternoon.
Funds flow into water industry
(May 14, 2007) Water is the new gold – for investors at least.
Chongqing pollution crackdown
Chongqing, the biggest industrial city on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, will spend 430 million yuan (US$56.01 million) in harnessing water pollution caused by vessels.
EIB, AFDB add to bank funding for Bujagali
(May 14, 2007) The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AFDB) have approved loans for the 250MW Bujagali hydro project in Uganda close on the heels of the World Bank greenlight on funding.
Special report of the World Bank’s ad hoc group
(May 14, 2007) According to a report by the World Bank’s ad hoc group, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz did violate ethics rules in his handling of a promotion and generous pay rise […]
Yellow River is 10% sewage: Official
(May 11, 2007) In the past 12 months, some 120 million tons of household sewage, mostly untreated, have been released into the Yellow River in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu Province in Northwest China, a report by China Central Television (CCTV) said on Wednesday.
Volume of pollutants exceeds 13m tons
(May 11, 2007) A study was conducted last year of 30 of the country’s major rivers that carry processed water to the sea. Their combined run-off volume accounted for 81.5 percent of the nation’s total.
Wolfowitz resign!
(May 11, 2007) A blog advocating for the resignation of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz.
Environment watchdog calls for sharper teeth
(May 10, 2007) Pan Yue, vice-minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA), has called for the introduction of a new regulation that would require an environmental impact assessment to be carried out prior to the commencement of any major construction project.
Europeans press Wolfowitz to quit as bank chief
(May 10, 2007) “If this is true, it’s disappointing and outrageous. What is the point of giving us time to make a submission if they have already made up their minds?”
Never mind Wolfowitz: Scrap the World Bank
(May 10, 2007) The kerfuffle over whether Paul Wolfowitz, the World Bank’s president, behaved badly regarding the contract for his companion to facilitate her departure from the bank involves no large issue. The bank’s existence does. The bank’s rationale, never strong, has evaporated.
Graft Fights Back
(May 9, 2007) A majority on the World Bank’s board, many of whom are directors from Third World countries opposed to president Paul Wolfowitz’s anti-corruption campaign, understandably want him out. But why is the World Bank Group Staff Association so intent on getting rid of Wolfowitz?
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