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NOVEMBER 2006 World
Bank Anticorruption Strategy May Spark Changes in Disclosure
Policy Adoption
of a new anticorruption strategy at the World Bank may lead
to changes in the Bank's disclosure policy. The broad suggestions
of such changes must still be converted into specific proposals,
however--a process that has only just begun. More
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OCTOBER 2006 UNDP Panel Makes First Decision,
And Guts Disclosure Policy The UNDP Oversight Panel, established in 1997 to
oversee the organization's Information Disclosure Policy,
issued the first decision in its history on October 9. Unfortunately,
the decision robs the Information Disclosure Policy of most
of its power. More >>
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SEPTEMBER 2006 GTI Launches Transparency Charter A set of principles to inform the disclosure policies
of international financial institutions was announced Sept.
17 in Batam, Indonesia, by the Global Transparency Initiative. More
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SEPTEMBER 2006 World Bank Disclosure Policies Change
Slowly Notwithstanding periodic reviews and modest advances,
the World Bank's disclosure policies continue to shield
many important documents from disclosure. More
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AUGUST 2006 World
Bank Continues Work on Anticorruption Strategy Liberally
sprinkled with references to "transparency," the
latest internal World Bank draft anticorruption strategy
appears to follow through on President Paul Wolfowitz's
pledge to increase investment in the areas of media and
freedom of information. More
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MAY 2006 EIB Adopts New Disclosure
Policy The
European Investment bank has released its new disclosure
policy, making a variety of improvements while sticking
to secrecy in several areas. More
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APRIL 2006 Wolfowitz
Stresses "Media and FOI" as Anticorruption Tools World
Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on April 11 put "the
media and freedom of information" at the heart of his
anti-corruption agenda, raising intriguing, if yet unanswered,
questions about the specifics of his plans. More
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JANUARY 2006 New Steps Toward IFI Transparency:
The Use of Domestic Remedies Mexico established a landmark precedent for the application
of national freedom of information laws to the activities
of international institutions when its Information Commission
on Nov. 16, 2005 ordered the disclosure of documents related
to a $108 million World Bank loan to the state of Guanajuato,
México. More >>
The
Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project in Pakistan commenced
in 1978. (Photo: Asian Development Bank)
ABOUT
IFTI WATCH In
this column, Washington, D.C.-based journalist Toby
J. McIntosh reports on the latest developments
in information disclosure in International Financial
and Trade Institutions (IFTI).
Contact: tmcintosh@bna.com or
1-(202) 452-4498
