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2007/04/02
(Corner House/KHRP/WEED, 25 April 2007) Despite misleading ECA and Turkish claims of Iraqi approval of the Ilisu dam, Iraq's Water Minister has stated that no consultations or negotiations had taken place prior to the ECAs’ decision despite this being prescribed by international law. Turkey did not... more
2007/04/01
(ECA Watch, Paris, 26 April 2007) On April 23-24, 2007, the OECD's secretive Export Credit Working Group (ECG) apparently approved revised and weakened environmental and social standards governing projects supported by export credit guarantees or loans of greater than 10 million SDRs (US$15.3... more
Letters & statements
2007/03/19
(March 19, 2007) At the occasion of the Newroz celebrations 2007, the European ECA Reform Campaign reaffirms its opposition to European export credit support for the planned Ilisu Dam in Southeast Turkey. It also expresses solidarity with the many thousands who are currently...
more Dodgy Deal: Ilisu Dam
Issue: Human Rights, Large Dams
External reports and publications
2007/03/18
Member: Corner House, FERN
(March 14, 2007) Investment is not just a blandly apolitical process by which money is mysteriously made to...
2007/03/07
(Reuters, Maputo, 20 March 2007) China's Export-Import Bank has agreed to finance studies for the Moamba Major project. South Africa, the economic powerhouse in the region is expected to absorb the bulk of the additional electricity produced in neighbouring Mozambique.
2007/03/06
(JIBC, Tokyo, 12 March 2007) The Japan Bank for International Cooperation has published it's latest set of Category A, B and C projects received for screening. As noted in July 2006, JIBC does not provide a value for... more
2007/03/05
(NewsBlaze, Folsom CA, 8 March 2007) China has terminated its central bank program that allowed a select group of large exporters to take advantage of discounted loans unavailable to many other companies. The United States and several other countries had challenged the program as a prohibited... more
2007/03/04
(Pacific Environment, Washington, 29 March 2007) US NGOs have written Export Import Bank President James Lambright urging the Bank to implement provisions in the Export Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2006 which... more
2007/03/03
(ECA Watch, Paris, 30 March 2007) At a March 15, 2007 roundtable in Washington DC, the U.S. Export Import Bank briefed more than 70 U.S. exporters on the potential for Nigerian sales, raising the question of whether this constitutes free rider opportunism based on recent debt forgiveness for... more
2007/03/02
A. German NGOs criticize approval of export credit guarantee for Turkish Ilisu dam
A. German NGOs criticize approval of... more
A. German NGOs criticize approval of... more
2007/03/01
(OECD, Paris 14 March 2007) - At its March 2007 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery reaffirmed its serious concerns about the United Kingdom’s discontinuance of an investigation into the ECGD supported BAE Al Yamamah arms deal, outlining continued shortcomings in UK Anti-Bribery legislation... more
2007/02/21
Country: France
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
CVRD Inco Goro nickel project faces continuing opposition
By: Lawrence Williams
Posted: '21-FEB-07 09:15' GMT © Mineweb 1997-2006
http://www.mineweb.net/base_metals/633754.htm
LONDON (...
2007/02/10
(Finnvera, Helsinki, 23 Feb. 2007) In November 2006, the International Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency boards approved a $170 million investment by IFC and a guarantee of up to $350 million from MIGA for the Orion pulp mill project in Uruguay. Finnvera has now... more
ECAs: Finnvera
Issue: Pulp and Paper
2007/02/09
(Financial Times, London, 8 Feb. 2007) Gregory Schulte, US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, has noted the failure of European governments to toughen financial sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, drawing attention to European export credit agencies that provide... more
2007/02/08
(Korea Herald, Soeul, 15 Feb. 2007) The Korea Export Insurance Corporation has signed Memoranda of Understanding with the Italian Export Credit Agency (SACE) and... more