(May 1, 2004) Kenya is known as the "country of bribes." Yet multinational corporations are often implicated. Courts in Lesotho convicted two western companies of bribing their way into contracts for a dam construction project. An extract from Fifty Facts That Should Change the World (Icon Books)
May 2004 Campaign Letter
Last fall, I wrote to tell you and other supporters that our federal government was trying to protect Acres International, a Canadian multinational that had been convicted of bribery in the african country of Lesotho. Our government also didn’t want to have its own role in this corruption scandal under scrutiny – the person who arranged the African bribery payments was a Canadian official, appointed by the federal cabinet.
The politics of petroleum
(May 1, 2004) Courted by oil firms and the U.S., the elite of impoverished Angola have extracted wealth from the boom, documents say.
Lesotho – Court Documents
Lesotho – Court Documents Appeal Judgment – Crown v. Lahmeyer International GmbH The full judgment pertaining to the Lesotho Court of Appeals decision to uphold the conviction of Lahmeyer International on several […]
Dearth of industry in the reservoir region
Many aging factories in the Three Gorges reservoir area are being shut down because they are so polluting. The closures entail heavy job losses, and a shortage of employment alternatives is fast becoming a widespread problem.
Bulgaria urges probe about alleged corruption in choosing contractor to build nuclear plant
(April 29, 2004) The Ministry of Energy urged Thursday a probe about allegations of corruption a Canadian company has made in Bulgaria’s selection of a contractor to build its second nuclear power plant.
Fighting corruption
(April 29, 2004) Corruption enriches the venal, but hurts everyone else. Can it be curbed?
Even democracies need ‘sunshine’ against corruption
(April 29, 2004) The report authors conclude that corruption cannot thrive in a milieu where the public is in the know about the nature of abuses of power.
World Bank should get out of oil and mining, says Dutch government
(April 27, 2004) A statement made for years by non-governmental organisations has been adopted by Dutch Development Minister Agnes Van Ardenne at the recent annual meetings of the World Bank in Washington.
Lugar to probe World Bank
(April 27, 2004) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has begun a probe into allegations of corruption in projects managed by the World Bank and its affiliates, Senate sources said on Tuesday.
China’s State Council approved Jinghong dam project
(April 27, 2004) According to the Yunnan Provincial Development and Reform Committee, State Council recently approved the Jinghong hydropower project on Lancang River.
Senate panel probing World Bank
(April 27, 2004) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has started to investigate allegations of corruption in projects funded by the World Bank and its affiliates.
US softens line on debt relief
(April 26, 2004) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown hailed a breakthrough in securing more generous debt relief for the world’s poorest nations after the Bush administration signalled a softening of America’s position.
Wanted: A non-forgiving fund
(April 25, 2004) The spring meeting of the World Bank and the IMF has elicited demonstrations by well-intentioned NGOs wanting complete debt forgiveness for HIPCs. But this skirts a key question.
France to remit some Iraq debt
(April 25, 2004) France is prepared to cancel some of Iraq’s total external debt, estimated at more than $120 billion, French Finance Minister Nicholas Sarkozy said yesterday.
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