The Three Gorges project will have earned enough revenue to have paid its construction costs less than a decade after coming into full operation, the project’s chief accountant says.
Liberals deny EDC boss in conflict
(May 16, 2000) Members of the official Opposition made EDC chairman Patrick Lavelle the focus of their opening queries yesterday in question period. A long-time Liberal and self-confessed patronage appointee, Mr. Lavelle is a personal friend and political confidant of Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
O.J. lawyer to defend dictator’s family over stolen $8B
(May 15, 2000) Johnnie Cochran, who became one of the United State’s richest and most famous lawyers when he defended O.J. Simpson, has been hired by the relatives of a Nigerian dictator to halt the recovery of billions of dollars stolen from the government.
The destructive reign of Africa’s vampire elite
(May 15, 2000) The absolute terror engulfing the West African state of Sierra Leone is a grim reminder of the chaos and widespread bloodshed frequently erupting on that violence-plagued continent.
The Pak Mool [Mun] dam is worse than useless
(May 15, 2000) Let’s admit it. The Pak Mool dam is one of Thailand’s worst mistakes. The hydroelectric project not only falls short of expectations on economic gains, but also generates economic losses for thousands of fishing families in the Mool river basin.
Does India need big dams?
(May 15, 2000) Debate: Does India need big dams? B.G. Verghese (for) and Sanjay Sangvai (against) big dams.
Take my loan, please
(May 15, 2000) Canadian policy-makers have a curious tendency to think hybrid public-private organizations offer the best of all possible worlds: the efficiency of the private sector and the financial muscle of government working smoothly to further the public interest.
A tale of two export banks
(May 14, 2000) The U.S. Export-Import Bank posts details of its transactions on behalf of American companies on the Web for the entire world to see. Its Canadian counterpart, however, conducts its business behind closed doors.
Liberal donors get billions in EDC help
(May 13, 2000) Many of the Liberal party’s biggest corporate donors have collectively received billions in financial assistance from the taxpayer-backed Export Development Corp. — on whose board Liberal appointees of Prime Minister Jean Chretien form the powerful nucleus.
Aid agencies should get out of dam building
(May 12, 2000) Grainne Ryder attended the final consultation of the World Commission on Dams in Vietnam earlier this year. She argued there that donors should not subsidise dam building and that WCD is part of the problem.
NGOs protest against environmental impacts of Asian Development Bank projects
(May 12, 2000) More than 1,000 people met in the Thai city of Chiang Mai prior to the annual general meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to protest against ADB projects and to highlight the bank’s undemocratic methods of operating.
Three Gorges to become center for China power grid in 2011
The Three Gorges hydropower station will become the centre for China’s power grid in 2011 when it goes into full operation with 32 power turbines, a senior official says.
EDC formed alliance with London Guarantee
(May 12, 2000) Once again the Citizen has drawn erroneous conclusions about the Export Development Corporation’s actions, this time with respect to the alliance we have forged with London Guarantee ("Firm with ties to Chretien lands untendered EDC deal," May 9). This continues the pattern of unbalanced and distorted reporting that has characterized the Citizen’s coverage of EDC over the preceding weeks.
Dominga and Denese, and the story of the village of Rio Negro
(May 11, 2000) After 18 years, Denese Becker — from Algona, Iowa — is going home … to Rio Negro, a small, isolated Mayan village in the department of Baja Verapaz, Guatemala.
Abacha’s stolen millions in British banks
(May 10, 2000) Hundreds of millions of pounds stolen by the late Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha and his entourage is stashed in bank accounts in London and Jersey, lawyers working for the Nigerian government claimed yesterday.
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