(April 14, 2005) Haiti’s new debt was accrued largely under the father-and-son Duvalier regime; steeped in the blessings of the Cold War, they faced no questions when it came to raking in manifestly odious loans, writes Jubilee South.
Bank chief takes parting shot at Blair
(April 14, 2005) Outgoing World Bank chief James Wolfensohn has fired a parting shot at Tony Blair, warning that the British Prime Minister’s credibility was on the line over his foundering attempts to relieve poverty in Africa.
Kenya: Donors threatening to stop funding
(April 13, 2005) The government of Kenya has once again come under fire over corruption which donors say is stifling efforts to implement reforms outlined in the country’s Economic Recovery Strategy.
The aid that isn’t: Writing off official commercial debt should not count as aid
(April 12, 2005) When is foreign aid not foreign aid? When it is debt written off by governments that should never have lent it in the first place.
The war against corruption and the survivality of Nigeria
(April 11, 2005) As the stories of corruption unfold, Nigerians, for the moment, seem cautiously optimistic that the president has finally decided to do what he was expected to have done as soon as he took over the reigns of power.
Money talks in power project
(April 11, 2005) In the end, it was the bean counters who shouted loudest in the emotive debate over the World Bank’s questionable mandate for building big, brassy Third World dams.
Min River runs dry because of dams
(April 10, 2005) A series of dams and hydro projects have caused one of the upper Yangtze River’s largest tributaries to run dry in places, Sichuan Online reports.
Always with us
(April 10, 2005) Jeffrey Sachs’s plan to eradicate world poverty.
HIPC completion: facts on Zambia
(April 10, 2005) Some people say that Zambia’s external debt should be seen as odious, and thus that it should be written off completely. Why not just write it off?
Forgive to forget
(April 8, 2005) On the eve of the first Pan African Forum on accountability and good governance in Kenya this week, an editorial published by the Nairobi-based newspaper, The Nation, called for the relief of Kenya’s foreign debt based in part on an odious debts argument.
Drop the debt
(April 8, 2005) A commentary arguing for debt cancellation published today examines relief based on the principles of the international legal Doctrine of Odious Debts.
Pan African Forum: African governance and accountability in the spotlight
(April 8, 2005) The first Pan African Forum on accountability and good governance was held in Kenya this week to look at decreasing international corruption and strengthening judicial independence.
Dams back in fashion
(April 7, 2005) But have the right lessons been learned?
News Release: 4 arrested at Senator Durbin’s Chicago office
(April 6, 2005) On April 5, four anti-war activists were arrested at Senator Richard Durbin’s office in Chicago for their opposition to the war in Iraq.
Poverty, pride and prejudice in Laos
(April 6, 2005) Poverty and self-interested professional advice has been used to promote the case for the Nam Theun 2 dam.
Probe International 