(November 21, 2002) Power from a controversial hydro-electric scheme for which Uganda is seeking World Bank backing could cost it far more than necessary, according to development campaigners.
Going gets tough for dam officials
Recent Chinese media reports paint a rosy picture of the Three Gorges project, while also stressing the enormous challenges the dam builders face in the months ahead.
World Bank dam in Uganda overpriced by $280 million
(November 20, 2002) A review of project contract reveals that Ugandans will bear the excessive costs of World Bank-Supported Bujagali dam, reports IRN.
China modernisation march turns Mekong into battleground
(November 20, 2002) Pressure for dams has pitched poor ethnic minorities against industrial centres.
ADB promoting integrated water resource management in Lao PDR’s Nam Ngum River Basin
(November 20, 2002) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will promote optimal use of water resources in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) through a loan approved today for US$15 million equivalent for the management of the Nam Ngum River Basin.
Last supper in Ghost City
(November 15, 2002) ‘The discoveries being made in Fengdu are so significant that they are likely to rewrite the history of Fengdu, the entire Yangtze valley and beyond,’ write reporters for a Guangzhou-based magazine who paid a recent visit to the doomed city.
November 2002 Campaign Letter
Third World corruption must stop! Now that a Canadian multinational had been convicted of bribery, there’s hope it will.
BEL bleats while profits soar!
(November 15, 2002) BEL says it will have to raise electricity prices because of increased
costs, however, Fortis has just announced increased profits and
earnings from BEL and BECOL and revealed that Belize is proportionately
their best profit maker and income earner.
A case study of corruption: Politicians exploited plan ‘at every stage’
(November 15, 2002) ADB-backed billion dollar wastewater treatment plant a "classic case of corruption" reports the Bangkok Post.
Our history of fighting corruption in the Third World
(November 15, 2002) Over the last decade, Probe International, Canada’s only organization dedicated to protecting the Third World’s environment, has made the elimination of corruption a major focus of
its work.
Argentina defaults on loan repayment
(November 14, 2002) The Argentine government on Thursday took the extraordinary step of defaulting on a loan repayment to the World Bank, in a sign of its intense frustration over negotiations with the bank’s sister institution, the International Monetary Fund.
Lakabane Family Faces Danger of Being Swallowed Up By the Giant Mohale Dam
(November 14, 2002) As the impoundment of the Mohale reservoir of the giant Lesotho Highlands Development Project begins, the future remains uncertain and bleak for some local communities living around the reservoir.
NGO’s sue Japanese bank
(November 13, 2002) Two Indonesian non-governmental organizations have filed a suit with a Japanese court against the Japan Bank forInternational Cooperation, demanding it stop funding the construction of a Rp 29bn bridge near the Rawa Singkil Animal Park in Aceh.
China in quandry to fight corruption
(November 13, 2002) To understand corruption in modern China and the public’s rising fury, consider the charmed career of Jia Qinglin.
Change flows down the Mekong
(November 13, 2002) Chinese actions that affect the flow of the Mekong have a bearing on countries further downstream. Clearly, nothing should be done without a careful study beforehand.
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