After we met with the World Bank Country Manager in Armenia about corruption in the Municipal Development Project, Bruce Tasker posted the report below on his blog: "Blowing the World Bank Whistle."
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Starting 12th December, the centre of Yerevan, Armenia is to be without water from 12.00 noon to 18.00 Hours, because the water company is not able to pay the electricity account for the Garni Pumping station.
10th December 2007, by Bea Edwards
A sharp volley played itself out in the pages of the Wall Street Journal during the past two weeks on the future of anti-corruption actions at the World Bank. The first shot was fired on October 11, with the collaboration of the Department of Institutional Integrity (INT), the Bank's internal investigative unit. The Journal published a piece citing corruption in seven of the Bank'
22nd October 2007, by Bea Edwards
After Bruce Tasker charged that the Municipal Development Project in Yerevan, Armenia had been corrupted, the World Bank, through the Europe and Central Asia Region and the Department of Institutional Integrity (INT), responded by enumerating the putative achievements of the project.
17th October 2007, by Bea Edwards
It seems that this case of corruption in a World Bank-funded water privatisation project in Armenia's capital Yerevan is finally getting the light shone on it that it deserves. The Armenian PM has met with the Bank's country director in Armenia, and is planning to raise the issue at the upcoming World Bank-IMF annual meetings. Some of the belated Armenian media coverage has suggeste
7th October 2007, by Jeff Powell
An article this past Sunday in the UK's Observer, has sparked renewed interest into corruption allegations in a World Bank-funded water project in Armenia.
5th October 2007, by Jeff Powell
British newspaper The Observer reports on the UK urging the Bank's Department of Institutional Integrity to act on rampant corruption in a water privatisation project in Armenia. Despite overwhelming evidence, INT has parked its investigation on a shelf for over three years.
1st October 2007, by Jeff Powell
Dr. Kunal Saha, a former consultant to the Department of Institutional Integrity (INT) at the Bank and now a client of the Government Accountability Project (GAP), has produced data showing the Second National HIV/AIDS Control Project in India has purchased and distributed bogus test kits. Dr.
28th September 2007, by Bea Edwards
Highlights of a consultation on the implementation plan of the World Bank's Governance and Anti-Corruption strategy, held in London 19 September 2007, can be found on the Bretton Woods Project site.
20th September 2007, by Jeff Powell
In her blog earlier in the week, Nancy Birdsall, director of the Washington development thinktank, Center for Global Development, has brickbats for the
20th September 2007, by Jeff Powell
