Index of ECA Watch What's New Bulletins from January 2005 to December 2005

Indices for 2008 2007 2006 2004 2003 2002

December 2005
1) EBRD Caves in to Shell on Sakhalin
2) The OECD, the WTO and Agricultural Subsidies
3) Belgian ECA continues efforts to circumvent prohibition of Tanzania arms deal
4) How to start a low cost airline with ECA financial support
5) Bulgarian coal plant gets Hermes and Coface support
6) U.S. lifts export credit ban for Indonesian arms purchases
7) Scots demand control over aid budget share, is ECGD next?
8) Nauru's only air link grounded by U.S. Ex Im Bank
9) Chinese ECA faces bad debts, poor risk assessments
10) EDC Global Capital Flows Report
11) What have dams got to do with peace? Conflict and the politics of infrastructure
12) ECGD supports Filipino bridges to nowhere
13) New Secretary-General a major face-lift for OECD?

November 2005
1) Britain and Nigeria's half-hearted war on corruption
2) OECD Update:
A. Criteria for inclusion of large dams in renewable energy incentives approved
B. Consensus not reached on enhanced Action Statement on Bribery
3) Sakhalin bribery offer
4) Indonesian navy buys Dutch ECA financed Corvettes
5) China offers US$900 M export credits to SCO
6) Coface to finance equipment for Indian dam Rs 450 crore / US$98.4 million
7) Berne Union ECAs report 21% volume growth to US$788 billion
8) Russia signs US$200 million export credit deal with China's Sinosure
9) Spectacular increase in Dutch ECA insured exports to Russia
10) Philippine Airlines to Buy ECA financed Airbus 320s
11) 40% of French ODA is largely ECA/commercial debt cancellation

October 2005
1) Unicorn ranks ECAs on bribery
2) OECD Export Credit News
A. Agenda: consultation with civil society organizations - Paris - October 3, 2005
B. Room documents: OECD ECG CSO consultation - Paris - October 3, 2005
C. ECA Watch presentations
D. Will new OECD Secretary General open ECG to transparency?
E. Civil aircraft talks continue
3) IMF report: Officially Supported Export Credits in a Changing World
4) WRI report: Diverging Paths: What Future for ECAs in Development Finance?
5) Chinese ECA acquires U.S. bicycle manufacturer
6) Waste incineration and renewable energy incentives?
7) Chad Cameroon pipeline: ECA funded project violates human rights
8) Nigerian ECA debt subject of Paris Club negotiations
9) Russian banks to form ECA
10) ECGD continues to review decision to fund Shell for Sakhalin project
11) Philippines buys guns from Poland with export credit support
12) Friends of the Earth France publishes Senate ECA Workshop report
13) EIB and EBRD accept WCD standards for hydro power carbon credits

September 2005
1) Groundbreaking global warming lawsuit to proceed
2) Dams and Renewable Energy Incentives Update:
A. New ECA Watch publication - A Trojan Horse for Large Dams
B. World Bank standards aren't good enough
C. Movement of Dam-affected People (MAB) protests lack of compensation
3) OPIC Board Approves $150 Million to Support Trade Bank of Iraq
4) Ex-Im Bank gives creditors a reprieve after Katrina
5) SEC Subpoenas Chicago Bridge On Nigerian Work
6) Energy efficiency improvements at existing power plants are a more cost-effective
way of increasing supply than building new plants
7) NGOs - effective because of public trust
8) EU and China Partnership on Climate Change includes ECAs
9) Connecting Nature, Power and Poverty - WRI Report
10) NGOs issue statement condemning ECA debt write-off as aid
11) Indian Ex-Im Bank becoming active in Africa
12) AirAsia completes loan mandates to finance 33 aircraft
13) OECD Watch report evaluates OECD MNC Guidelines 5 years after their revision

August 2005
1) Sakhalin cost overruns reduce Shell's assets
2) Banks supporting Chinese ECA risk indirect contravention of standards
3) Australian and South African ECAs support Zambian copper mine
4) Some ECA clients get untied credit while renewable energies don't
5) Measuring the opportunity cost of ECA capital
6) Belgian NGOs list recommendations for Ducroire
7) US Export-Import Bank promotes new renewable energy incentives

July 2005
1) Talking Export Credits at the European Commission:
A.Introduction by FERN
B.ECAs and Human Rights
C.ECAs and Corruption
D.ECAs and Transparency
E.ECAs and Renewable Energy - the Question of Guidelines for Hydropower
2) Sudan: Update on the Merowe/ Hamadab Dam Project
3) Chad-Cameroon Pipeline: Ongoing Damages, Inadequate Compensation
4) Building a Profitable Airline is Not Easy, But ECAs Help
5) Decroire (Belgium) Support for Tanzanian Arms Factory Denied Again
6) NGOs Mobilize to Stop Ilisu Dam

June 2005
1) Climate Change Suit Against OPIC and US ExIm Advances
2) BTC Pipeline Update:
A. New Reports Find BTC Unsafe
B. Russians Skeptical About BTC
C. Now That Oil Flow Has Begun: the BTC Explained
D. BTC Avoids Risks of Russia
E. BP's Timebomb
F. Casualties of the Oil Stampede Along the BTC
3)Sakhalin II Update:
A. Gazprom Announces New 25% Share in Sakhalin II
B. Concrete Platform Begins Journey to Sakhalin II Field
C. Toho Gas to Buy Sakhalin II LNG
D. Japan to Receive Half of Sakhalin II LNG
4) Independent Expert Raises Concerns About Dam Standards
5) US ExIm Backs Brazilian Oil Platform
6) US ExIm Backs Environmental Exports: Plans to Refit Dams
7) Cloud of Concern Surrounds China's Nuclear Boom
8) Dabhol Settlement Receives Another Blow
9) Law Suit Filed on Cancelled Tanzanian Water Project
10) Brazilian Oil Firm Inks Deal with JBIC
11) Air Transport Given USD $7.3B ECA Credit in 2003
12) Turkish Delegates Ask EU to Monitor Ilisu Dam

May 2005
1) NGOs Oppose Subsidies to Hydro as a Renewable Energy
2) OECD to Revise Anti-Bribery Statement
3) Canada's ECA Continues to Withhold Key Environmental Information
4) Sakhalin II Update:
A. 33 NGOs Demand Banks and ECAs Refuse Sakhalin II Financing Without EIA Improvements
B. Russia Accuses Sakhalin Energy of Inflicting $2.6B Damages
C. BankTrack Issues Briefing on Sakhalin II
D. Sakhalin II Dumping in Aniva Bay Ruled Illegal
5) Fifty Campaign Groups Protest World Bank Failures on Controversial BTC Oil Pipeline
6) Trade Minister Demands Strengthening of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
7) NGOs Gravely Concerned About Subsidies to Drinking Water Projects
8) French Representative Challenged on Nam Theun 2
9) British Energy Giant Starts Filling Oil into BTC Pipeline
10) OECD Participants in the Arrangement on Export Credits Refuse Better Terms for Local Costs
11) ECA Watch Launches Analysis of 2002 OECD ECA Data

April 2005
1) Wealthy Nations to Extend Renewable Energy Financing Terms for Large Dams
2) Sakhalin II Update:
A. Sakhalin Oil Development Leaves Locals Behind
B. Russian Island's Residents Decry Oil Development
C. Russian Government Supports Gazprom Stake in Sakhalin II
D. Shell Moves Pipeline to Avoid Whales as Subcontractors Dump Dredging Waste on Valuable Fishery
3) Parliament May Launch Inquiry into French ECA COFACE
4) Greenpeace Disrupts Construction of JBIC-Supported Thai Coal Plant
5) Filipino Supreme Court Justice: Stop Paying Nuke Plant Debt
6) Debt Relief Under Fire: "Not Proper Aid"
7) British MPs Hit Bribery Rule Weakening
8) BP Covered Up BTC Pipeline Flaw
9) BTC Pipeline in New Human Rights Storm
10) Finnish ECA Finnvera Ruled Illegally Secretive
11) World Bank Board Approves Nam Theun 2 Dam; Plan Could Backfire
12) Brazil Challenges the OECD Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits

March 2005
1) JBIC Urged to Stop Funding Large Dams in the Philippines
2) Sakhalin II Update:
A. Shell Says Dangers to Western Grey Whale will not stop Sakhalin II
B. Sakhaliners Reflect on IUCN Whale Report
C. Whales Are More Precious Than Oil
D. Shell Denies Sakhalin Swap Deal
E. Sakhalin Governor goes to Moscow for Bigger Share of Oil Revenues
3) Iraq Rebuild 'Risks Massive Corruption'
4) Coalition of 40 Groups Address Japanese PM on Transneft Pipeline Problems
5) Look Out World Bank, Here Comes Wolfowitz
6) UK Africa Plan Targets Corruption
7) US Ex-Im Backs Massive Bid to Build Nuclear Reactors in China
8) Indian Lenders, OPIC Sign MOU on Dabhol Debt
9) EU Trade Commissioner Urges Greater Transparency in Development Aid to Africa

February 2005
1) Sakhalin II Update:
A. Whales Might Not Survive Sakhalin Oil Operations, Panel Finds
B. Sakhalin Indigenous People Blockade Sakhalin I and II
C. Sakahlin II Gas 70 Percent Sold Out
D. Shell's Sakhalin Energy Audited for Back Taxes; USD $2.5B Damages to Russia Alleged
E. Sakhalin II Project Update Available: News with links to articles dated September 2004 - January 2005
2) Greenpeace Belgium, Allies, Hold ECA Ducroire/ Delcredere Accountable
3) Critic of ECA-Backed BTC Pipeline Detained
4) China Pressures Three Gorges Project to Heed Rules
5) OPIC Approves $54M for Silver Mine in Bolivia
6) OPIC To Provide $300M for Natural Gas Development in Egypt
7) Asian Pulp and Paper Faces Charges on ECA-Backed Projects
8) Bahrain Petroleum Receives USD $311M from Japanese ECAs
9) FERN Pressures European ECAs to Release Environmental Info
10) Disputes at Every Turn of Siberia's Pipeline
11) Green Groups Hope Suit Forces US Hand on Warming
12) Former EU Trade Commissioner Supports ECA Campaign on Safeguards for Large Dams
13) OECD Publishes Report on Export Credits and the Environment

January 2005
1) Out of Court Settlement for ECA Watchdog: UK Corruption Standard May Have Been Weakened Under Corporate Pressure
2) Russia Orders Oil Pipeline to Pacific
3)Sakhalin Update:
A. Radioactive Devices Detained on Sakhalin for Second Time in 2 Months; Daewoo President Arrested for Sakhalin II Equipment Incident
B. Indigenous Protest of Sakhalin Oil Pending
C. Sakhalin Energy, JBIC to Sign Sakhalin-2 Finance Agreement
4) UK’s ECGD Insures Saudi Military
5) Chinese ECA Signs Deal to Gain Access to Power, Oil, Gas, Mines in Pakistan
6) ECAs Join Paris Club to Agree on Debt Relief to Tsunami-Hit Nations
7) Balkan Pipeline Agreement Signed
8)Japanese and Chinese Investment Climate Warming