(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.
Dam project graft figure ‘exaggerated’
Almost no money has been embezzled from the Three Gorges Dam relocation funds, officials in charge of the controversial project have claimed.
China consults international experts on environmental protection in west
(May 13, 2006) China needs advice on environmental protection, especially in the development of western region, Xie Zhenhua, director of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) told a group of Chinese and foreign environmental experts in Beijing Tuesday.
Three Gorges Dam nears completion, critics fear catastrophe
(May 12, 2006) The Chinese government has ignored the real costs of the Three Gorges project in order to justify a bad decision, Probe International‘s Patricia Adams tells Interfax.
Probe International Special Report: Skyscraper dams in Yunnan:
(May 12, 2006) State-backed dam builders are erecting a string of skyscraper-high dams in earthquake-prone Yunnan province to meet Beijing’s power production targets, without the benefit of market discipline or effective regulatory oversight.
Regulatory oversight
(May 12, 2006) Finding the True Cost of China ‘s West-East Hydro.
China preparing for huge gas project
(May 12, 2006) Preparatory work is going smoothly on China’s huge energy project to pump gas from the west to the east, which is expected to equal the Three Gorges Project in cost.
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?
China to boost development of wind power
(May 11, 2006) China will give a major boost to the development of wind power to benefit 23 million people living in hinterland areas or on the coastal islands by 2010.
Power transmission from China’s west to east
(May 10, 2006) China will speed up the development of electric power resources in the west region to prepare for a huge west-to-east electricity transmission project.
Big hydro in the red: the drive for DE-friendly reform in China
(May 10, 2006) Centralized planning has delivered a series of large, centralized hydro electric energy projects to China, many of which have proved to be a serious mismatch to the power problems they were meant to solve. Here, Grainne Ryder argues that consumer-oriented markets ought to guide investment decisions in the future, and that these would aid decentralized energy projects.
Global study blasts ills of hydro dams
"Development critics find report too hopeful." Article quotes Grainne Ryder.
Large hydropower plant to be build in Yunnan
(May 8, 2006) China is speeding up the preparation for its second largest hydro power plant in southwest China’s Yunnan Provinces along the Lancang River.
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