Private Sector

Accountability

News

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.

21 July 2003

Finance

News

Bank hypocrisy over Nestlé claim

A Nestl

1 April 2003

Rights

News

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.

1 April 2003

Accountability

News

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.

31 January 2003

Finance

News

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.

28 January 2003

Social services

News

Guyana sued over nationalisation debt

A British company has taken a case to the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) seeking

26 November 2002

Social services

News

Bolivia water latest

Bolivia provides further lessons from Bank-backed water privatisation.

26 November 2002

Accountability

News

Lesotho corruption verdict

Following a seven month trial, Canadian company Acres International was convicted on two counts of bribing an official to secure contracts for the Lesotho Highland Water Project, which received financing from the World Bank.

26 November 2002

Rights

News

Turkish oil project raises human rights, governance concerns

An agreement between oil multinationals and the government of Turkey for an IFC-backed pipeline exempts the companies from obligations under Turkish law that may threaten the project’s profits, including environmental, social and human rights legislation.

17 September 2002

Rights

News

Bank inspectors find fault with Chad Cameroon pipeline project

The Bank’s own Inspection Panel has backed many of the complaints by non-governmental organizations about a major oil pipeline in West Africa.

17 September 2002