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BY KEITH NUTHALL

WORLD Bank lending to food production projects in developing countries rose by 40% to US$2.1 billion in July 2004 to June 2005, compared with the previous 12 months. The bank said US$1 billion investment went on irrigation, especially in India, US$247 million on food research, US$94 million on agro-industry, US$95 million on boosting food trade, and US$32 million on animal production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BY KEITH NUTHALL

UNEP – RISK MANAGEMENT

A BOOK detailing practical ways in which governments can reduce the costs of dealing with major challenges such bird flu, terrorism and climate change has been released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

PARIS (ICIS News)–The European Commission has this week (13-02) proposed exempting two Indian companies from anti-dumping duties imposed on India imports into the European Union (EU) of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. They are Jindal Poly Films Ltd, of New Delhi, and Polyplex Corporation Ltd, of Noida, Uttar Pradesh.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is injecting US$20 million into Indian steel pipe maker PSL in loans and equity investments, helping expand large-diameter oil, gas and water steel piping production, notably satisfying demand from gas finds off Andrha Pradesh.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WORLD Bank lending to food production projects in developing countries rose by 40% to US$2.1 billion in July 2004 to June 2005, compared with the previous 12 months. The bank said US$247 million was spent on food research and development, US$94 million on agro-industry, US$95 million on boosting food markets and trade, and US$32 million on animal production.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

A PROPOSAL by the European Union (EU) trade commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose provisional anti-dumping duties of 19.4 % on imported leather shoes from China and 16.8% on those from Vietnam has sparked protests from the Chinese Leather Association (CLA), caused concern among EU retailers and importers, while bringing uncertainty into the global leather market.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

IT is not always the case that an initiative tackling an mining environmental problem also directly improves the health and safety of miners, but this is true for a new World Bank project to remove methane from Chinese coal mines.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE COUNTRIES of eastern and southern Africa pose two particularly serious challenges for the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the world’s leading anti money laundering agency, according to Alain Damais, the organisation’s executive secretary. In an interview with the Money Laundering Bulletin, he also discussed developments in money laundering typologies, the progress made by China towards becoming an FATF member and EU legislation designed to thwart laundering.…

BY STEVEN SWINDELLS, in Johannesburg

SOUTHERN Africa’s leading generic drugs manufacturer Aspen is confident that it can capitalise on the increasing take up of life-prolonging generic anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs, in the fight against HIV-AIDS. But industry analysts have questioned demand forecasts for ARVs and warn that rival Indian generic manufacturers could be a threat to Aspen’s market ambitions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is injecting US$20 million in financial support into Indian steel pipe maker PSL Limited. This is designed to help the company expand production capacity to meet rising domestic and international demand for large-diameter oil, gas and water steel piping.…