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2006/01/01
(ECA Watch, Paris, 6 January 2006) The OECD is to review its Recommendation on Common Approaches to the Environment and ECAs in 2006. ECA Watch advocates a broad scope examination of the Common Approaches.
2005/12/13
(IHT, Paris, 29 november 2005) Could OECD Secretary General elect José Angel Gurría be the new face for the globalizing economy? OECD admirers call the Paris-based body "the world's greatest think tank." But detractors say the OECD risks irrelevance, lacking the stature of other international... more
2005/12/12
(Guardian, London, 20 December 2005) A Guardian investigation has discovered that steel bridges costing more than £400m have been sold to the Philippines by the Mabey family, all secured with UK government-backed loans and grants. But as many as 22% of the crossings, which were supposed to open up... more
2005/12/11
(The Corner House, Dorset, 19 December 2005) OECD Export Credit Group Member ECAs seem poised to subsidize new dam construction now with newly authorized subsidies. Nicholas Hildyard addresses... more
2005/12/10
Issue: Aircraft
Low-cost lowdown
Rukhmini Punoose
Mumbai, December 10, 2005
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1570495,0035.htm (expired)
How about starting your own airline? All you need is Rs 10 crore...
2005/12/10
(EDC, Ottawa 29 November 2005) – An Export Development Canada (EDC) report indicates that global capital flows returned to developing markets in 2004 and 2005. EDC also suggests that the pace of foreign direct investment (FDI) is likely to fall off in 2006 as the global economy slows and credit... more
2005/12/09
(Xinhuanet, Shanghai, 9 December 2005) China has been facing increasing risks in international trade and a survey indicates its ratio of bad accounts in exports is 5%, ten to 20 times the average for developed countries. China falls behind in terms of experience, construction of financial and... more
2005/12/08
(The Australian, Sydney, 20 December 2005) Nauru lost its air link with the world last week when the U.S. Ex-Im Bank repossessed the debt-laden Pacific nation's sole passenger aircraft at Melbourne Airport. Nauru lost the plane after a failed legal attempt to put the U.S. on trial in a bizarre case... more
2005/12/07
(Scottish National Party, Edinburgh, 22 November 2005) SNP Europe Spokesman Alyn Smith MEP is calling for Scots to have control of their share of the UK's International aid budget, stating that the Department for International Development (DFID) has in the past used their budgets to assist with... more
2005/12/06
(Antara News, Jakarta, 30 November 2005) In November, the U.S. lifted its embargo on military sales to Indonesia. Now the Indonesian Army plans to use export credit facilities to purchase helicopter replacements and... more
2005/12/05
(Reuters, Sofia, 7 December 2005) - U.S. energy firm AES on Wednesday launched a €1 billion (US$1.17 billion) project to build a new thermal power plant in Bulgaria that would help the Balkan state remain the region's leading power producer. Under the 12.5-year debt facility, EBRD will lend 105... more
2005/12/04
(Hindustan Times, Mumbai, 10 December 2005) How about starting your own airline? This article outlines the economics: all you need is US$2 million in paid up capital to start a regional airline with an aircraft of less than 80 seats and ECAs and banks will finance up to 95% of the cost of aircraft.
2005/12/03
(Proyecto Gato, Brussels, 21 December 2005) Despite the cancellation of export permits in 2004 and 2005, the Belgian ECA Ducroire agreed to reimburse New Lachaussée some €8 million in damages for its inability to complete construction of an ammunition factory in Tanzania, seen by the UN as a... more
2005/12/02
(ECAW, Paris, 21 December 2005) With all the press coverage this week of WTO talks in Hong Kong dominated by the question of agricultural subsidies, it is interesting to look back at the history of this issue and see what role export credit agencies have played in an ongoing North/South conflict.
2005/12/01
(Pacific Environment, San Francisco, 19 December 2005) In a stunning reversal of institutional integrity, the European Bank for Reconstruction (EBRD) declared the scandal-ridden Sakhalin II oil and gas project Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) “fit for purpose.” This decision comes despite 3... more