UN reveals Afghan corruption woes
AlJazeeraEnglish
January 20, 2010
A recent United Nations report has Afghanistan as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has just published a report that says half of all Afghans have h…
CORRUPTION: The Great Afghan Gem Heist
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS
Lal Aqa Sherin
KABUL , Dec 23 (IPS) – In the last eight years Afghanistan’s precious stones and artifacts have been pillaged at record levels. Thieves, both foreign and domestic, often steal the riches from under the noses of officials.
They end up spread far and wide, from East [...]
CORRUPTION: The Rich Harm The Poor
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN
BY JUTTA WOLF
IDN-InDepthNews Service
BERLIN (IDN) – The global civil society organisation Transparency International is unrelenting in the fight against corruption world wide. One of the tools at its disposal is the annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) that provides valuable information about progress made in combating an evil that [...]
Tax havens & currency speculation
The Real News Network
November 20, 2009
Kapoor: Tax currency speculation, close off-shore tax havens and raise tax on unearned income
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Q&A: ”Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot”
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Chris Arsenault interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian
VANCOUVER, Canada, Nov 20 (IPS) – In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan.
Malalai Joya, an Afghan parliamentarian deemed ”the bravest women in Afghanistan” [...]
NICARAGUA: Despite Efforts, Corruption Still a Problem
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José Adán Silva
MANAGUA, Nov 19 (IPS) – Two national surveys and the latest report on perceptions of corruption by Transparency International support the view that a culture of graft continues to undermine the foundations of Nicaraguan society, in spite of efforts to fight the problem in the last [...]
CORRUPTION: Paying Off Afghanistan’s Warlords
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Pratap Chatterjee*
KABUL, Nov 18 (IPS) – Every morning, dozens of trucks laden with diesel from Turkmenistan lumber out of the northern Afghan border town of Hairaton on a two-day trek across the Hindu Kush down to Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul.
Among the dozens of businesses dispatching these trucks are two [...]
CORRUPTION-SIERRA LEONE: Song Sparks Governance Debate
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Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN, Nov 18 (IPS) – Nothing has ever sparked a debate on the state of governance in the country like the song released by one of Sierra Leone’s most popular artists, Emerson Bockarie.
The song, ”Yesterday Betteh Pass Tiday”, recorded in Krio, means ”yesterday is better than [...]
CORRUPTION: Afghanistan, Iraq Near Bottom of Transparency Index
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Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (IPS) – Despite billions of dollars spent by the U.S. and other countries to improve governance in Afghanistan and Iraq, the two countries remain among the world’s most corrupt nations, according to the latest edition of Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
Of [...]
ANTI-BRIBERY SUMMIT: Some Civil Society Organisations Barred
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BY EVA WEILER
Republished with permission from IDN-InDepthNews Service
BERLIN (IDN) – Civil society organisations are raising alarm over some governments blocking their participation in the upcoming United Nations anti-corruption summit. The conference in Doha, capital city of Qatar, from Nov. 9 to 13, is due to discuss implementation of [...]
Nomi Prins on “It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bailouts, Bonuses, and Backroom Deals From Washington to Wall Street”
From Democracy Now!
October 06, 2009
Nomi Prins is a former investment banker turned journalist. She worked at Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns. She is the author of several books; her latest, just out, is called It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street. She spoke on the themes [...]
AFRICA-CORRUPTION: Anti Graft Now in the Hands of Civil Society
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Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN, Sep 30 (IPS) – The fight against corruption in Sierra Leone has taken on a new face. Government and civil society are now working together to stamp out rampant fraud.
The national anti-corruption agency, previously a toothless body with no power only recently bolstered by amendments [...]
MALAWI: Questions Over Water Stats
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Claire Ngozo
LILONGWE, Sep 16 (IPS) – A set of new research data contests the Malawian government’s claims that nearly all of the country’s urban citizens have access to clean water and sanitation.
Misleading official statistics are hiding the scale of the problem, environmental experts say: the new study [...]
ROMANIA: Foreign Corporation Faces Public Scrutiny
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By Claudia Ciobanu
BUCHAREST, May 29 (IPS) – Public pressure from Romanian citizens has forced one of the biggest European producers of wood products, Austrian Kronospan, to halt construction of new production lines and to improve environmental standards at its plants.
The case is being seen as a sign that foreign investments [...]
