IDB Tries to Quiet Fears About Camisea Project
Thursday, May 24th, 2007Last Thursday (17 May) the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) released the results of an environmental and social audit (executive summary in Spanish; “fact sheet” in English and Spanish) and of an “integrity review” (executive summary in English; “fact sheet” in English and Spanish) of a natural gas pipeline project in Peru known as Camisea. IDB […]
World Health Day 2007 – PAHO Stresses Preparedness
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007As I noted in a prior entry, April 7th is World Health Day. World Health Day is one of those constructs that allows everybody in a certain community to talk “on message” and focus discussion about a pre-selected theme. The date was picked because it is the anniversary of the founding of the World Health […]