(April 20, 2007) Debt campaigners CADTM, Eurodad, Jubilee South and Jubilee USA have jointly launched a new publication on illegitimate debt campaigns. The Illegitimate Debt Campaign Bulletin will focus on recent and forthcoming actions by activists in the worldwide campaign to end illegitimate debt in a bid to promote communication among groups and increase involvement. The bulletin will publish every two months. The first issue is available online now.
Campaigns against illegitimate debt
(April 20, 2007) Several exciting campaigns by debt activists address opening up government loan records to the public and creditor co-responsibility for illegitimate debt.
Cambodia: Asian Development Bank fails fishermen
(April 19, 2007) A planned survey to check the economic pulse of fishing communities
Internal Attack
(April 17, 2007) Since its creation in 1944, the World Bank has become the world’s leading architect of Third World corruption. In the Third World countries themselves, the World Bank has created hundreds of state-owned enterprises and then lavished them with money, requiring their officials to subject themselves neither to public oversight nor the bank’s own scrutiny. Among the Western suppliers to these corrupt state corporations, the bank awarded billions of dollars in contracts, again without public oversight or bank scrutiny, let alone market discipline.
Wolfowitz deflects questions about role in scandal
(April 15, 2007) As the World Bank handed out a communiqué that talked about "transparency" and "equity," beleaguered Bank President Paul Wolfowitz deflected a barrage of questions from journalists seeking more information about allegations of nepotism involving a Bank employee who is personally involved with him.
For the record
(April 14, 2007) Direct quotes contained in documents released by the World Bank on April 12 regarding the personnel case involving Shaha Riza.
World Bank Staff Association remarks
(April 12, 2007) Paul Wolfowitz “must acknowledge that his conduct has compromised the integrity and effectiveness of the World Bank Group and has destroyed the staff’s trust in his leadership. He must act honorably and resign.” World Bank
Second statement by Paul Wolfowitz on the pay and promotion of Shaha Riza
(April 12, 2007) “In hindsight, I wish I had trusted my original instincts and kept myself out of the negotiations. I made a mistake, for which I am sorry.” World Bank
Documentation released by Paul Wolfowitz relating to the case concerning Shaha Riza
(April 12, 2007) Documentation released by the Office of Paul Wolfowitz in response to questions about the personnel case involving Shaha Riza.
Lesotho judge ups fine for dam bribery
(April 11, 2007) There is a wall of silence that is very difficult to penetrate. Everyone who is in a position to talk cannot do so because someone else in turn has something on him," said prosecutor Guido Penzhorn.
First statement by Paul Wolfowitz on the pay and promotion of Shaha Riza
(April 9, 2007) Paul Wolfowitz claims he acted on the advice of the Board’s Ethics Committee to work out an agreement that balanced the interests of the institution and the rights of Shaha Riza in an “exceptional and unprecedented situation.” World Bank
Contractualism and the moral evaluation of international economic institutions: the case of odious debt
(April 6, 2007) Contractualism as T. M. Scanlon has conceptualized it has become one of the more influential moral theories of the past decade. Though contractualism connects to the social contract tradition, it has not yet been developed into a full-fledged political philosophy.
Contractualism and the moral evaluation of international economic institutions: the case of odious debt
(April 6, 2007) Contractualism as T. M. Scanlon has conceptualized it has become one of
the more influential moral theories of the past decade. Though
contractualism connects to the social contract tradition, it has not
yet been developed into a full-fledged political philosophy.
Ethanol craze may starve the poor
(April 4, 2007) Biofuels have tied oil and food prices together in ways that could profoundly upset the relationships between food producers, consumers and nations in the years ahead, with potentially devastating implications for bothglobal poverty and food security.
Public power and private purpose: odious debt and the political economy of hegemony
(April 3, 2007) This Article examines the process by which overlapping interests between private bankers and government translates into influence and power mediated through the use of bank loans as instruments of foreign policy.
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