(November 4, 2004) Remember the UN millennium conference, when over 100 world leaders promised to halve poverty by the year 2015? At present progress it will take another 150 years to reach that noble target.
Talks with China on Mekong river
(November 4, 2004) Water rights and dams are on the informal agenda for talks between ministers of five Southeast Asian countries and a senior Chinese
official.
Chirac, other European leaders try to make nice with Bush
(November 4, 2004) For months, most European leaders had barely concealed their preference for Sen. John Kerry. Moments after Kerry’s call to Bush to concede the election, however, they rushed congratulatory letters and calls to Washington.
New details about Saddam Hussein, gleaned from the CIA
(November 3, 2004) Iraq’s dictator developed an aversion to using telephones and a penchant for writing novels as he sparred with the UN.
How Northern donors promote corruption: tales from the new Mozambique
(November 1, 2004) In recent years, Northern aid donors have become more and more vocal about the need for Southern countries to clean themselves up. Yet they have refused to change their own policies that encourage corruption.
Lender beware
(November 1, 2004) It’s hard to justify asking an oppressed people to pay debts incurred by a tyrant in the process of oppressing them.
James Baker’s double life
(November 1, 2004) Until now, there has been no concrete evidence that James Baker’s loyalties are split, or that his power as Special Presidential Envoy on Iraq’s debts has been used to benefit any of his corporate clients or employers.
Indonesia’s new corruption watch
(October 29, 2004) The new president’s crusade against corruption will make him the most watched man in Southeast Asia.
Patricia Adams’ Oral Statement to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
(October 29, 2004) The oral statement presented by Patricia Adams to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the roundtable discussion on multilateral development bank corruption.
Enhancing accountability at the World Bank
(October 29, 2004) There is an old saying that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. Sadly, this is all too true when we consider the track record of the multi-lateral development banks.
Slew of corruption cases mar nations’ reputations
(October 29, 2004) When the former Costa Rican president and ex-secretary general of the Organization of American States Miguel Angel Rodriguez exited from an airplane in handcuffs earlier this month, Costa Ricans could not help but have mixed emotions.
Curbing corruption in multilateral development bank projects
(October 29, 2004) “It makes no sense for one MDB to do business with a company that another MDB has debarred because of corruption.”
Whistleblower protection policies of multilateral development banks
(October 29, 2004) Nearly all the new whistleblowers are from the World Bank reports Thomas Devine of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), who notes that the Bank’s whistleblower policy in practice had been ‘the primary weapon against them.
Patricia Adams’ Written Statement to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
(November 12, 2004) The written statement submitted by Patricia Adams to the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the roundtable discussion on multilateral development bank corruption.
Argentina may fail to win accord by sticking to debt terms
(October 28, 2004)Argentina may fail to win support from a majority of bondholders by refusing to change terms of its offer to restructure $100 billion of defaulted debt.
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