(July 6, 2000) The OECD is tired of Canada’s EDC flouting international trade rules, writes Patricia Adams. Now the clock is ticking toward a confrontation.
Lesotho Highlands bribes trial starts
(June 5, 2000) The Lesotho Highlands Water Project corruption trial begins on Monday, with some of the world’s largest construction companies among the accused.
A misguided World Bank project
(July 5, 2000) Tomorrow the World Bank’s board of executive directors will consider how to proceed with a $40 million loan to China.
Criminal debt in the Indonesian context
(July 3, 2000) Associate Professor of Political Economy at Northwestern University discusses the concept of criminal debt and corruption of World Bank funds in Indonesia.
What You Should Know About Newfoundland’s Dam in Belize
(July 3 2000) Why Newfoundland’s dam is a bad deal for Belize ratepayers.
Demystifying the Pak Mool imbroglio
(July 3, 2000) “Fighting to let the river run free”, is a euphemism frequently used by those protesting against the Pak Mool Dam.
Export Credit Agency finance in sub-Saharan Africa
(July 1, 2000) ECA activities in Africa are linked to mismanagement, environmental disruption, corruption, and increasing social conflict.
World Bank loans to China approved
(June 30, 2000) World Bank approves loans for the Yangtze Dike Strengthening Project and the Hubei Water and Environment Project.
German government report blasts Maheshwar Dam
(June 28, 2000) The German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development today released a strongly critical review of resettlement for the Maheshwar Dam on India’s Narmada River.
Mekong basin dams claim lives, cause poverty, Bank warned
(June 27, 2000) The Asian Development Bank is being urged to defer a decision on funding of a controversial 240 megawatt hydroelectric scheme on the Se San River in Vietnam until more detailed studies on likely impacts have been completed.
Bank should retract China loan
(June 27, 2000) The World Bank’s provisional decision last year to lend Beijing $40 million for the forced resettlement of tens of thousands of poor Chinese to the Tibetan plateau has been a source of controversy and embarrassment.
Beijing suffers worst drought in 50 years
(June 23, 2000) China’s capital Beijing is suffering its worst drought in 50 years, with only 17 millimeters of rainfall reported this year, down 63 percent from the same period last year. The lack of rain is already challenging the city’s water supply, said experts at a meeting on flood control and drought prevention.
World Bank ‘broke rules’ in Tibet land plan
(June 23, 2000) The World Bank repeatedly violated its own rules when assessing the viability of a highly controversial project to resettle 57,750 Chinese farmers on what were traditionally Tibetan lands, according to a scathing independent report.
FBI raids British firm’s offices
(June 22, 2000) Balfour Beatty – which also has a contract for the controversial Ilusi dam in Turkey and may face prosecution in Lesotho over alleged corruption payments over a dam project – was raided this month by 40 FBI agents.
Ship lift problems at Yangtze tributary dam threaten Three Gorges project
Navigational difficulties on the Yangtze River heighten concerns over dam building projects.
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