(May 26, 2002) Executive Summary of a Report on the opening of the gates of the Pak Mun dam, conducted by Assembly of the Poor and SEARIN.
Citizens’ report on impacts of opening gates at Thailand’s Pak Mun dam
(May 26, 2002) Executive Summary of a Report on the opening of the gates of the Pak Mun dam, conducted by Assembly of the Poor and SEARIN.
Egat to close sluice gates on June 16
(May 25, 2002) Thailand’s Electricity Generating Authority will close the eight sluice gates of Pak Moon dam on June 16, 2002. The Thai cabinet told Egat to open the gates last April, 2001 for four months followed by a one year extension in December, 2001.
Letters to the editor: Weak approach to combating corruption
(May 24, 2002) Punishing these companies’ agents instead of the companies themselves is a scandalously weak approach to combating corruption on its projects.
China: 2005 Housing Rights Violator
(May 24, 2002) ‘China has been named one of three Housing Rights Violators in 2005, for its appalling record of government-sanctioned forced evictions and its flagrant disregard for the human right to adequate housing.’
The Deal on Abacha’s Loot
(May 23, 2002) For the first time in almost three years, President Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken emphatically about the outcome of his administration’s efforts at recovering the hundreds of millions of dollars stolen by the late dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha.
Three Gorges power politics: investors beware
‘In China, where the state is committed to protecting the market for its own pet power projects … private investors are going to be in the dark about the viability of their investments,’ says Probe International’s Grainne Ryder.
Debt aspects related to Export Credit Agencies
(May 23, 2002) Paper for UK Seminar on Export Credit Agency Reform – "Beyond Business Principles" House of Commons, UK: Recommendations for the Export Credit Guarantee Department (ECGD) on Debt and Export Credits.
There’s more waste than just water
(May 22, 2002) The Klong Dan wastewater facility in Samut Prakan has won the dubious honour of becoming one of Thailand’s most expensive "white elephant" — the residents of Klong Dan have every right to oppose this project.
SA hails bribery conviction
(May 22, 2002) South African Water Affairs Minister Ronnie Kasrils has commended the Lesotho government in a letter for its resolve to fight corruption and prosecute, at considerable cost, those involved.
Lesotho dam official guilty of graft
(May 22, 2002) Former Lesotho Highlands Development Authority chief executive was found guilty of accepting bribes from international consultants and contractors from the U.S., Britain, Canada, France, Germany to grant them lucrative contracts in the giant project.
Former Lesotho executive guilty
(May 22, 2002) The Lesotho High Court yesterday found Masupha Sole guilty of bribery associated with a World Bank-financed project to supply South Africa with water.
Deputy health minister raises spectre of epidemics
China’s vice-minister of health has reiterated the importance of thoroughly cleaning and decontaminating the bottom of the future Three Gorges reservoir to protect water quality and avert the spread of disease.
Report shows Executive Board approved project on basis of distorted economic analysis
(May 22, 2002) In early June, the World Bank is expected to vote on a political risk guarantee for the Bujagali dam in Uganda. … International Rivers calls on the Bank to reconsider the economics of the project, to allow the World Bank Inspection Panel to submit its near–complete report on Bujagali, and to assess Uganda’s promising geothermal potential before taking any further decision on the project.
Water project boss convicted of bribery
(May 21, 2002) Former chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority was convicted yesterday of accepting bribes from some of the world’s best-known contractors including Acres International. A case is currently proceeding against Acres.
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