The World Bank President has pledged that the Bank will revive its support for megaprojects and a new report expresses serious concerns about the Bank's track record in this area.
Private Sector
Accountability
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Bank silent on corporate corruption in Lesotho
Controversy over the call for debarment of a Canadian contractor is proving a litmus test of the Bank's commitment to apply the same standards to corrupt Northern companies as it does to Southern governments.
Infrastructure
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Company withdraws from Lao dam project
Electricit
Accountability
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Bank funded Enron corruption: US Senate
A US Senate Committee found that the World Bank and US government institutions financed "questionable payments" by Enron for a Guatemalan power project.
Accountability
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Bank, Fund moves on extractives transparency
The World Bank and the IMF pledged their support to the “Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative” in statements made at a high-level conference in London on 17 June.
Finance
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Bank hypocrisy over Nestlé claim
A Nestl
Rights
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Public excluded from Bolivian Bechtel case
ICSID has ruled that it will not allow the public or media to participate in proceedings in which Bechtel is suing the people of Bolivia for $25 million.
Accountability
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UK government reply to Baku-Ceyhan memo
Letter from Rt Hon Baroness Symons, UK Minister of State International Trade and Investment in response to NGO memorandum on the Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline.
Finance
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MIGA role in Ethiopian Nestlé claim unclear
Questions about what advice MIGA provided to the Ethiopian government in its role as mediator in a $6m suit filed against the country by the Swiss multinational.
Social services
News
Bolivia water latest
Bolivia provides further lessons from Bank-backed water privatisation.
