(August 12, 2004) Corruption, coupled with non-transparent regulations, red tape and the lack of infrastructure, is choking economic growth in Cambodia according to a damning World Bank report released Thursday.
Freed migrant leader He Kechang still fighting for justice
(August 11, 2004) He Kechang, jailed for three years for appealing to top Chinese leaders about corruption in the Three Gorges resettlement operation, has been released and is still struggling on behalf of people uprooted by the dam.
World Bank slams Cambodian investments
(August 11, 2004) Rampant corruption has paralyzed private businesses and is hampering economic growth in Cambodia, the World Bank said Thursday in a damning report about the country’s bribe-ridden investment climate.
Iraq: UN panel says oil-for-food probe to take much longer than expected
(August 10, 2004) The head of an independent panel investigating corruption in the United Nations’ "oil-for-food" program for Iraq says it may take another year to produce its main findings.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: bribery on a massive scale
(August 8, 2004) Many of the legal aspects of corruption have now been thoroughly and recently tested in the Lesotho courts, challenging the ways in which corruption is detected and punished in different parts of the world.
The World Bank gives graft another go in 2008
(August 7, 2004) Evidence of corruption in Bank-funded projects should raise red flags instead of more greenbacks but a year in to his tenure as World Bank president, Robert Zoellick has yet to put the brakes on a single loan, a recent Wall Street Journal article notes.
Ottawa lends Delta money for Bombardier jets
(August 7, 2004) Subsidiary of troubled U.S. airline to use federal funds to buy regional jets.
Don’t get bogged down in dam ‘details,’ Lu Youmei urges
(August 6, 2004) A commentator who takes issue with views expressed by the former manager of the Three Gorges Corp. praises environmental groups opposed to big dams for their ‘respectful, constructive and effective’ campaigns.
World Bank to demand greater transparency in oil loans
(August 6, 2004) To prevent corrupt regimes from siphoning revenue from extractive industries, the World Bank will now require resource companies and countries to disclose their revenues from oil-related projects.
World Bank agrees to new oil loan rules
(August 5, 2004) The World Bank, the largest financier of economic programmes in poor nations, has agreed to new rules to prevent revenue from oil and gas projects going to corrupt regimes.
The boom that only oils the wheels of corruption
(August 5, 2004) The new wealth from oil development in sub-Saharan Africa has been used almost exclusively for the enrichment of political leaders, and as a consequence most of the population remains poor and unprotected.
Fight against corruption is a thankless battle – Kamazima
(August 4, 2004) The fight against corruption is a thankless battle, observed Southern Africa Forum Against Corruption (SAFAC) out-going chairman Major General Anatory Kamazima yesterday.
Fight against corruption a thankless battle, Kamazima
(August 4, 2004) The fight against corruption is a thankless job, said Major General Anatory Kamazima, the outgoing chairman of the Southern Africa Forum Against Corruption (SAFAC). Major General Kamazima said the irony of fighting corruption was that very few in the upper echelon of society supported the battle. Without strong political will, he said, anti-corruption agencies would not succeed alone.
World Bank dam poses huge risk to Laotian farmers
(August 23, 2004) If Nam Theun 2 is built, the developers themselves predict "a collapse in the aquatic food chain," along the Xe Bangfai, a large Mekong tributary in central Laos. This would affect more than 40,000 people.
Street seeks to advise Iraq
(August 2, 2004) Some send emissaries in secret, some host seminars, all seek a relationship.
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