(April 19, 2006) A widely publicised effort to clean up the Huai River has failed, according to a whistle-blowing official who contradicted glowing reports published in the People’s Daily.
Lesotho dismisses dam appeal
(April 14, 2006) Italy’s biggest construction company Impregilo has lost an appeal to challenge the right of the high court in Lesotho to try it for bribing officials to win a major dam contract there.
At World Bank, a pledge to focus on corruption
(April 13, 2006) Paul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, pledged Tuesday to push the fight against corruption to the center of the bank’s global development work in a speech outlining a comprehensive and detailed anti-corruption agenda.
China’s PM calls for action to protect environment: Zhu
(April 12, 2006) Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji says a growing water shortage is among main problems.
Wolfowitz unveils anti-corruption strategy
(April 11, 2006) Jakarta: World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz unveiled corruption fighting measures on Tuesday that will change the way the bank designs and approves development projects for poor countries.
Reaction to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz’s remarks on corruption today
(April 11, 2006) Jubilee USA and East Timor and Indonesia Action Networks challenge Wolfowitz to address roots of corruption by canceling Indonesia’s Suharto-era debt.
Good governance and development: a time for action
(April 11, 2006) "Corruption is not just a problem for developing countries to deal with. . . . Indeed, every corrupt transaction has, unfortunately, at least two parties, and very often the bribe givers are from developed countries."
Thousands to be moved for water transfer project
(April 10, 2006) Beijing plans to move 220,000 people to make way for a multi-billion dollar project to transfer water from the flood-prone Yangtze river to the parched cities and farmland of the north.
The World Bank weeds out corruption
(April 8, 2006) Will it touch the roots?
Plan curbs Three Gorges pollution
(April 6, 2006) Beijing is trying to halt the flow of sediment and industrial pollution into the massive reservoir that will be created with the construction of the dam on the Yangtze River.
Ertan hydroelectric power plant seeks loan extension
(April 6, 2006) Ertan is asking for a 10-year deferral of loan repayments, including some to the World Bank. Since opening in 1998, the Ertan dam has lost an average of US$145 million annually due to an electricity glut in Sichuan province.
China plans rapid water diversion
(April 6, 2006) China will speed up a “mega-project” to divert billions of cubic metres of water from the Yangtze to the Yellow River, despite serious concern about the environmental consequences.
Paul Wolfowitz’s statement to the Media Centre in Aceh, Indonesia
(April 5, 2006) I think for Indonesia from the things I hear and read, most Indonesians agree that the country’s biggest development problem is corruption. . . . What {is encouraging} is that so many people in Indonesia are taking this problem seriously.
Exporters to identify agents and face random audits in anti-bribery drive
(April 5, 2006) Exporters will have to identify middlemen and face random audits to detect potential bribes under tough anti-corruption rules issued by the government yesterday.
Lao banks on aid but donors losing patience
(April 5, 2006) Laos, Asia’s second poorest country, is relying more than ever on foreign aid, but some donors are getting fed up with corruption and waste in the isolated communist nation.
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