Search Results for: Cameroon
10 results out of 80 results found for 'Cameroon'.
DEVELOPMENT AID INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION ROUND UP, LEAD FREE PETROL, CULTURAL TRADE UNESCO, IFC ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
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).…
CHAD EIB WORLDBANK AID FROZEN - CAMEROON PIPELINE PROJECT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have suspended aid earmarked for Chad, because of their opposition to changes made by its government to its Petroleum Revenue Management Law, which they claim "would substantially weaken programmes to improve the lives of poor people".…
CHAD EIB WORLDBANK AID FROZEN - CAMEROON PIPELINE PROJECT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank and the European Investment Bank have suspended aid earmarked for Chad, because of changes made by its government to its Petroleum Revenue Management Law, notably abolishing a Future Generations Fund commanding 10% of earnings, and identifying "security" as a spending priority beneficiary.…
CHAD-CAMEROON OIL PIPELINE LAW AMENDMENTS CONCERN - WORLD BANK
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank has expressed "strong opposition" to changes made by Chad to laws controlling revenues from the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline. The bank is criticising the abolition of a Future Generations Fund, earmarking 10% of earnings for when reserves are exhausted, and also the identification of "security" as a priority beneficiary for oil revenues.…
AFRICA LAKE SHRINKAGE UNEP REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SATELLITE images of the shrinking Aral Sea in central Asia have long horrified environmentalists, but now similar creeping disasters are threatening the many fresh water and brackish lakes of Africa. These are illustrated by disturbing satellite images within an atlas produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).…
AFRICA LAKE SHRINKAGE UNEP REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SATELLITE images of the shrinking Aral Sea in central Asia have long horrified environmentalists, but now similar creeping disasters are threatening the many fresh water and brackish lakes of Africa. These are illustrated by disturbing satellite images within an atlas produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).…
CHAD - WORLD BANK - OIL FINANCIAL REFORMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank will work closely with the Chad government in its plans to reform its Petroleum Revenue Management Law. The bank is concerned about the loss of revenues from the Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project through corruption and inefficiency.…
NON-CUBA CIGARS AOInv106
BY ALAN OSBORN
PRESIDENT George W Bush’s re-election last November has pretty well ruled out any change in the US ban on Cuban cigars for the next four years – if anything, things are likely to get tougher. One of the last things the previous Bush administration did last October was to actually tighten the import ban by barring Americans travelling to Cuba from bringing back up to US$100 dollars worth of Cuban cigars.…
UNCTAD COMPUTERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is piloting the Internet dissemination of market data to Cameroon cocoa (and coffee) producers to see if the information will help them grow commodities mirroring market needs. UNCTAD wants to avoid over supply problems that can deflate prices, sometimes ruining producers.…
ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT could be the most underestimated commercial crime in the world, the illegal trade in wildlife and their products. Some estimates put its value at US$5 billion-a-year, but governments do not really seem to care. Keith Nuthall reports.…