(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.
IRN letter urges US financier Morgan Stanley not to back China's Three dam
IRN writes urging that, in light of recent evidence of human rights abuses at Three Gorges dam, Morgan Stanley should not commit to future bond underwriting or financial support for China Development Bank
Australia reaps Iraqi harvest
(April 4, 2006) United Nations sanctions against Saddam Hussein may have failed to end his regime but they succeeded in enriching both the Iraqi dictator and corporations able to manipulate the scandal-ridden world body’s Oil-for-Food program.
75,000 people to be relocated as part of Longtan Power Station project
(April 1, 2006) Longtan Power Station will be second in size to the Three Gorges dam but officials say it will require far fewer people to be relocated.
If you think the Third World debt crisis was solved last summer at the G8, think again
(March 31, 2006) There’s much more to be done on debt relief.
Sichuan drought could pull plug in Chengdu
(March 31, 2006) The extreme lack of water, due to a drought in Sichuan province, has seriously affected the ability to generate power. The province has prepared its last remaining backup coal-fueled generator as the power grid strains to supply electricity.
Three Gorges dam implicated in serious embankment breaches
(March 31, 2006) Officials in Hunan province, racing to repair ruptures in earthen embankments near Yueyang, point to the big dam 400 kilometres upriver as the main cause of the dangerous situation.
Jubilee USA welcomes World Bank debt cancellation accord
(March 30, 2006) Debt relief advocate, Jubilee USA Network, has welcomed approval of debt cancellation by the World Bank Executive Board for some impoverished countries, and urged the Bank to remove deadly delays to debt cancellation for additional impoverished countries.
Water power everywhere: China building another world-class hydropower station
(March 30, 2006) In the pattern of the Longtan Power Station and the Three Gorges Power Station, China is set to start building another world-class hydropower station before the end of this year – the Xiaowan Power Station at Lancang River in Yunnan province.
Still waiting for debt relief
(March 28, 2006) Last July, debt relief was all the rage. Fast forward to the present. Public attention has shifted elsewhere, the G8 deal has only been partially implemented, and much more work remains to be done.
China’s willing censors
(March 26, 2006) What do recent events in China tell us about the power of information technology to transform repressive societies?
Dam shady business
(March 26, 2006) Michiel du Plooy must be a nervous man. The Free State businessman is expected to be a key witness in the next corruption case to be launched by the Lesotho prosecuting authority.
Corruption made-in-west: Wolfowitz
(May 24, 2006) "For every bribe-taker, there’s a bribe-giver, and often that comes from a developed country." – Paul Wolfowitz.
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