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21 years 3 weeks ago. Human rights. November 3, 2003 Read more ...
21 years 4 weeks ago. Human rights. Orange Farm says no to water meters
The struggle against water privatization in a South Africa township Read more ...
21 years 4 weeks ago. . Letter to IFC which is a rebuttal to the IFC's dismissal of the NGO analysis of the environmental impact assessment for the BTC pip Read more ...
21 years 4 weeks ago. . Navigation Tips for a trade storm
With two-fifths of global trade falling under preferential trade agreements and numerous trade disputes hampering export flows in various parts of the world , plotting a secure route through the storms is not easy. Post the failure of WTO negotiations in Cancun, David Clarke examines the scene and assesses which path global trade is moving along and what impact this is having on financing.
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21 years 4 weeks ago. . October 31, 2003
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21 years 4 weeks ago. Corporate accountability. October 31, 2003 Read more ...
21 years 1 month ago. IFI policies and positions. The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project is likely to go to the World Bank Board of Directors on October 30, 2003. A review of the Environmental Impact Assessment shows it in violation of almost all of World Bank policies.
Letter to Marcel Masse, Canadian Executive Director of the World Bank Group
Executive Summary of the Environmental Impact Assessment
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21 years 1 month ago. ECA Reform, EDC reform, EDC regulation, Environment. October 27, 2003
Mr. A. Ian Gillespie
President and CEO
Export Development Canada
151 O’Connor street,
Ottawa, ON K1A 1K3
The Hon. Pierre Pettigrew
Minister of International Trade
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
125 Sussex Drive, Tower B, 5th Floor
Ottawa, ON K1A 0G2
Re.: Draft OECD recommendation on Common Approaches on Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits: 2003 Review – Revised version 1
Dear Mr. Gillespie and Minister Pettigrew:
Thank you for giving us this opportunity to comment on the ‘Common Approaches on Environment and Officially Supported Export Credits: 2003 Review – Revised version 1’ (Rev. 1).
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21 years 1 month ago. Human rights. October 27, 2003
Mr. A. Ian Gillespie
President and CEO
Export Development Canada
151 O’Connor street,
Ottawa, ON K1A 1K3 Read more ...
21 years 1 month ago. Government accountability, Government of Canada policies and positions, Transparency and disclosure. October 22, 2003
Mr. Fraser Reilly-King
Halifax Initiative
153 Chapel Street, Ste 104
Ottawa ON KIN 1H5
Re: Compliance program file number 2236--1-1-2003
Dear Mr. Reilly-King:
With this letter, I would like to report to you the status of the compliance program review of your letter of complaint dated July 28, 2003.
To reiterate, in your letter, you alleged that Export Development Canada (EDC) "violated the spirit of its disclosure policy, environmental review directive [(ERD)] and Code of Business Ethics" in relation to the Cernavoda 2 nuclear power plant transaction in Romania. You set out specific sections of each policy and proffered substantiating information for the allegations of non-compliance. You saw my role "as interpreting these policies in ways that ensure that they are implemented to their best intent."
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