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Il y a 24 years 2 months. . Groups call on Canada to pull the plug on the Akkuyu Nuclear Reactor as Turkey a
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Il y a 24 years 2 months. Transparency and disclosure. Read more ...
Il y a 24 years 2 months. . Terrie O’Leary
Executive Director for Canada
World Bank
1818 H Street
Washington D.C.
12 July, 2000
Dear Ms. O’Leary,
I am writing to express our pleasure that the Board of Directors of the World Bank has cancelled its support for the Qinghai component of the Western China Poverty Reduction Project. This cancellation sends a much needed signal, following the approval of the Chad-Cameroon Oil and Pipeline project, that the Board will work to ensure that the World Bank accountability mechanisms are used to screen out projects that cannot meet even its own participatory, sustainable development standards.
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Il y a 24 years 2 months. Human rights. WORLD BANK REPUTATION ON THE LINE OVER TIBET PROJECT
Activists look to Canada for leadership to uphold Bank policies and protect Tibetans
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Il y a 24 years 2 months. IFI policies and positions. The Köln Debt Initiative: An Initial Response
In many ways, it can be seen as the end of the beginning, rather than the beginning of the end.-Roy Culpeper, President the North-South Institute
The Köln Initiative, measured by its rhetoric, is two steps forward, one step backwards. In reality we may not have moved much at all.- Derek MacCuish, Programme Coordinator, Social Justice Committee of Montréal
The Halifax Initiative, a broad-based coalition of Canadian non-governmental organizations, welcomed the desire to improve the HIPC Initiative by the G7 governments expressed in the Köln Debt Initiative. Unfortunately, this welcome is qualified by the concern that two major issues remain unresolved, so that the effort to lift the debt burden of the poorest countries remains insufficient. The welcome is also qualified due to a wariness of the gap between what the G7 may wish and what the IFIs may do.
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Il y a 24 years 2 months. Government of Canada policies and positions. Proposals for Bailing In the Private Sector: A briefing note
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Il y a 24 years 2 months. . Hassan Bougrine
Department of Economics
Laurentian University
Sudbury, Ontario
Canada P3E 2G9 Read more ...
Il y a 24 years 3 months. ECA Reform, Environmental, Human rights, Transparency and disclosure. MEDIA RELEASE
Hundreds of environment, human rights and development groups call for immediate reform of export credit agencies Read more ...
Il y a 24 years 3 months. Transparency and disclosure. Secrecy surrounds EDC’s Plans to Decrease Secrecy
Coalition calls EDC Consultations Fatally Flawed
June 15, 2000
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