(March 11, 2004) This week, parliamentarians across Africa gathered in Abuja, Nigeria for a two-day conference on corruption. Under the auspices of African Parliamentarians Against Corruption (APNAC), participants were expected to debate questions such as the role of parliaments in preventing crimes of laundering and the trafficking of minerals, money and humans, and the establishment of preventive mechanisms and the role of national parliaments in helping to recover looted wealth stashed in other countries, particularly in the West.
‘Anti-corruption’ conviction reveals Communist Party power struggles
(March 11, 2004) An important corruption case has been brewing in China since 1995 and is now finally coming to light.
The dam, the petition, the lawyer and his diary
(March 11, 2004) People displaced by a dam in Hebei province sought the help of a Beijing lawyer to present a petition to the National People’s Congress. The lawyer, who has been forced into hiding, has written a dramatic on-line account of what happened next.
Land Dept revokes deeds of project plots
(March 10, 2004) The Land Department has revoked title deeds for more than 1,300 rai of land designated for the Klong Dan wastewater treatment project, Praphat Panyachartrak the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment said yesterday.
Political corruption in Mexico, the rest of the story
(March 8, 2004) Out of a plethora of corruption scandals what may hopefully be evolving is a more open and representative society, with transparency in governance and public servants who are actually governed by rules of law and held responsible for their actions.
Interview with Iraq’s minister of trade
(March 7, 2004) According to Harvard-educated Ali Allawi, Iraq’s first trade minister in the post-Saddam Hussein era, the country urgently needs to establish stability, and then can work to forge new economic bonds across the region and the world.
The ‘odious debt’ principle morally justified
(March 6, 2004) The principle that foreign debts incurred by an autocratic leader do not have to be paid back by a successor government – is back on the international agenda.1 As it stands, though, his renewed interest in the ‘odious debt’ principle lacks a thorough normative assessment.
We’ll conquer corruption, declares Nevers Mumba
(March 6, 2004) We want to win the fight against corruption at all costs but we will also ensure that fair justice is given to those implicated. We want justice in our fight against corruption and our men and women in the courts of law are aware of the challenge.
Public trust in government’s anti-corruption efforts rates low
(March 5, 2004) They’ve promised robust economic reform, a better future for the masses and honest, upright government. But the latest generation of Chinese leaders keeps colliding with a problem that won’t go away: People simply don’t trust them.
Haiti’s debt of independence
(March 5, 2004) A fight for leadership in the Caribbean nation of Haiti has plunged the Western hemisphere’s poorest country into further turmoil. The only nation in history to successfully overthrow enslavement, Haiti may also have been one of the developing world’s first heavily indebted countries.
Japan considers forgiving part of Iraq’s debt, Nikkei reports
(March 5, 2004) Japan’s government is considering forgiving at least $3 billion of the $7 billion owed to it by Iraq, the Nikkei English News reported, without saying where it obtained the information.
Official corruption scenes roil Mexico
(March 4, 2004) “The fundamental problem of our country – corruption – hasn’t been solved. . . . As long as there is corruption, we can’t get ahead.” – Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
2004 Asia corruption ratings
(March 4, 2004) According to an enquiry conducted by Political & Economic Risk Consultancy Ltd, a well-known Hong Kong consulting group, Indonesia, India and Vietnam are considered the three most corrupt countries in Asia.
Must the show go on?
(March 4, 2004)With Aristide seemingly ousted, American and French troops have once again landed in Haiti to run the island’s affairs, writes Gamal Nkrumah.
World Bank president eyes Iraq debt relief
(March 4, 2004) Creditors are likely to forgive $80 billion to $90 billion of Iraq’s $120 billion debt owed to donor nations, said World Bank President James Wolfensohn.
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