(August 22, 2006) Corruption is draining the water sector, says the Water Integrity Network, a new organization launched to fight the dirty business.
New alliance seeks to fight water sector corruption
(August 22, 2006) Water experts, NGOs and businesses are teaming up in the Water Integrity Network to fight corruption feared to be siphoning off billions of dollars from projects to supply drinking water to the Third World.
China determined to combat spread of business bribery
(August 3, 2006) A Chinese official named construction, land acquisition and the privatisation of state enterprises as prime fields for corruption in China, adding that the problem also extended to other sectors, including electric power and environmental protection.
Combat corruption: commit to the conventions
(July 12, 2006) Activists worry that “the failure” of G8 member states to renew existing commitments to monitoring corruption will undermine negotiations at the forthcoming Conference of the States Parties.
Auditors need sharp teeth to bite at inefficiencies
(June 29, 2006) Auditor-general Li Jinhua said recently that institutional inefficiency could cause more waste of money than individual corruption. He cited the NDRC, which ‘injected 1 billion yuan into five river dam projects before their feasibility was proven.’
Address to the European Commission conference on export credit agencies and sustainable development
(June 20, 2006) Thank you very much to FERN and to the European Commission. It is an honour for me to be here to discuss this very important subject – how to prevent more unpayable Third World debts being created by the world’s export credit agencies.
Export credit debt prevention: speech by Patricia Adams
(June 20, 2006) I suspect the vast majority of ECA loans, credits, and guarantees to the Third World – which have doubled and now account for 34% of all Third World official debts – could be deemed "odious."
Export credit debt prevention
(June 20, 2006) Three steps to protecting future generations from export credit agencies.
Zhu demands crackdown on graft
South China Morning Post June 6, 2006 Financial watchdogs must get tough this year in the battle against corruption and plug any loopholes in the system, Premier Zhu Rongji warned yesterday. "The […]
In involuntary resettlement for China projects, the World Bank ignores its own guidelines
(May 31, 2006) For some years now, the World Bank has been promoting the People’s Republic of China as a model of “best practice” for the developing world in the contested area of involuntary resettlement. This evaluation has been widely repeated, and most recently has been adopted in several papers commissioned by the World Commission on Dams (WCD http://www.dams.org), a body mandated to conduct an independent review of the “development effectiveness” of big dams and water projects around the globe.
Graft found in China’s power monopoly
(May 7, 2006) Investigators have uncovered a web of corruption within China’s power monopoly.
Lao banks on aid but donors losing patience
(April 5, 2006) Laos, Asia’s second poorest country, is relying more than ever on foreign aid, but some donors are getting fed up with corruption and waste in the isolated communist nation.
China’s inner circle reveals big unrest
(March 16, 2006) New report describes spreading pattern of "collective protests and group incidents," and says relations between party officials and the masses are "tense, with conflicts on the rise."
Environmentalists lose the dam battle in Laos
(December 1, 2005) Opponents argue that little money generated by the dam will reach the poor and much will be pocketed by communist party chiefs. Corruption is rife in Laos and the country’s legal system is renowned for being underfunded with limited powers.
World Bank reform signed into law
(November 18, 2005) U.S. President George Bush has signed into law legislation urging greater transparency and accountability at the five international multilateral development banks MDBs).
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