Money launderers, corrupt politicians, terrorists, arms traffickers, drug smugglers, and tax evaders all rely on two things to move their dirty money: company structures that allow them to hide their identity, and banks... read more
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05.02.2013 | We could end poverty if … David Cameron is right?
Britain‘s G8 presidency a chance to reframe the poverty debate
It’s always encouraging to see our leaders pushing the right line for a change. Outlining his agenda for the G8 at the World Economic Forum in Davos... read more
Tokyo conference a defining opportunity to embed accountability inAfghanistan’s oil and mining sectors
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اعلامیه مطبوعاتی - دري
مطبوعاتي اعلامیه - پښتو
The Government of Afghanistan and the... read more
05.07.2012 | کنفرانس توکيو يک فرصت تعيين کننده يى برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
اعلامیه مطبوعاتی
کنفرانس توکیو یک فرصت تعیین کننده یی برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
فعالان جامعه مدنی امروز گفتند که دولت افغانستان وجامعه جهانی باید تعهد نمایند... read more
02.07.2012 | Letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for concrete benchmarks at upcoming Tokyo Conference
Thirteen congressional representatives sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ahead of a key donor conference on Afghanistan being held in Tokyo later this week. The letter highlights the... read more
12.12.2011 | Global Witness welcomes landmark commitment to good management of Afghan mineral wealth
Afghanistan and its donors have taken an important step in making sure the country’s vast potential mineral wealth translates into development by recognising the importance of transparency and accountability in the... read more
24.11.2011 | Daily Telegraph: Britain's aid towards Democratic Republic of Congo under scrutiny over mining deals
Some donors do well, all donors can do better, writes Publish What You Fund. read more
15.11.2011 | BBC: Call for greater aid transparency
A UK-based lobby group is calling for more transparency in the spending of global development aid, estimated to be worth about $150bn (£93bn), writes BBC's Mark Doyle. read more
06.10.2011 | Afghanistan and its allies must bring transparency to mineral sector if country is to prosper
Afghanistan and its allies must take urgent steps to prevent the potential benefits of its vast mineral and petroleum deposits being lost to the corruption that has plagued the aid effort of the last decade, said Global... read more
20.09.2011 | UK Government announces new ‘transparency’ conditions on part of its aid budget: spokespeople available to comment
Global Witness spokespeople are available to comment on the UK government’s announcement that it intends to attach new conditions to parts of Britain’s 8.4 billion pound ($13.2 billion) annual aid budget, to encourage... read more
(Bangkok)– Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, said Human Rights Watch,... read more
15.03.2011 | Joint letter to DfID outlining need for donors to address transparency in Ugandan oil sector
Uganda is on the verge of a petroleum windfall. According to the World Bank, revenue from this industry has the potential to double government revenue within six to 10 years and to constitute an estimated 10-25 percent... read more
If you express concerns about the negative consequences that over-dependence on aid can have for development, as I did in Mali recently, a common response is that there is no alternative. How else can vital services and... read more
03.01.2011 | Global Witness and International Budget Partnership submission to the European Commission on budget support
Global Wtness has produced this Submission to the European Commission’s green paper on the future of budget support to third countries. It is based on the combined experience of Global Witness and the International... read more
Tokyo conference a defining opportunity to embed accountability inAfghanistan’s oil and mining sectors
For immediate release.
اعلامیه مطبوعاتی - دري
مطبوعاتي اعلامیه - پښتو
The Government of Afghanistan and the... read more
05.07.2012 | کنفرانس توکيو يک فرصت تعيين کننده يى برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
اعلامیه مطبوعاتی
کنفرانس توکیو یک فرصت تعیین کننده یی برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
فعالان جامعه مدنی امروز گفتند که دولت افغانستان وجامعه جهانی باید تعهد نمایند... read more
12.12.2011 | Global Witness welcomes landmark commitment to good management of Afghan mineral wealth
Afghanistan and its donors have taken an important step in making sure the country’s vast potential mineral wealth translates into development by recognising the importance of transparency and accountability in the... read more
06.10.2011 | Afghanistan and its allies must bring transparency to mineral sector if country is to prosper
Afghanistan and its allies must take urgent steps to prevent the potential benefits of its vast mineral and petroleum deposits being lost to the corruption that has plagued the aid effort of the last decade, said Global... read more
20.09.2011 | UK Government announces new ‘transparency’ conditions on part of its aid budget: spokespeople available to comment
Global Witness spokespeople are available to comment on the UK government’s announcement that it intends to attach new conditions to parts of Britain’s 8.4 billion pound ($13.2 billion) annual aid budget, to encourage... read more
(Bangkok)– Cambodia’s draft law regulating associations and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) should be abandoned because it will undermine rather than promote civil society in the country, said Human Rights Watch,... read more
31.05.2010 | International donors must act on entrenched natural resource-related corruption in Cambodia
Read the Cambodian Embassy's response to this press release
Cambodia's international donors must tackle head on the gross mismanagement of the country's natural resources at tomorrow's government-donor meeting,... read more
24.05.2010 | Cambodian Embassy withdraws offer of public debate
Global Witness is disappointed, but not entirely surprised, to hear that the Cambodian Embassy has withdrawn its offer for a public debate with us. We had responded to their proposal in good faith and saw this as an... read more
10.05.2010 | Environment at risk as Cambodia exports millions of tonnes of sand to Singapore, new Global Witness report reveals
Statement on Singapore's response to this report
Read Cambodia's response to this report
Singapore's rapid expansion is driving an ecologically and socially devastating sand-dredging industry in Cambodia, according to... read more
Global Witness today welcomed a decision by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to ban environmentally damaging exports of sand from Cambodia. This move follows a Global Witness investigation that revealed a huge sand... read more
Aid donors to Cambodia, including the EU, US, Japan, China, and the World Bank are failing to act in the face of overwhelming evidence of government corruption and state looting, said international campaign group,... read more
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A corrupt elite has captured the country’s emerging oil and mineral sectors while Cambodia’s international donors turn a blind eye, a new report from anti-graft NGO Global Witness claims today.
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26.11.2008 | Cambodian Embassy response
"The Royal Embassy of Cambodia to the United Kingdom found the press release by Global Witness (“Cambodia's donors risk disaster with blind eye to poor governance of country's oil and mineral”,... read more
10.05.2013 | Anonymous companies: A Global Witness briefing
Money launderers, corrupt politicians, terrorists, arms traffickers, drug smugglers, and tax evaders all rely on two things to move their dirty money: company structures that allow them to hide their identity, and banks... read more
02.07.2012 | Letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for concrete benchmarks at upcoming Tokyo Conference
Thirteen congressional representatives sent a letter today to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, ahead of a key donor conference on Afghanistan being held in Tokyo later this week. The letter highlights the... read more
15.03.2011 | Joint letter to DfID outlining need for donors to address transparency in Ugandan oil sector
Uganda is on the verge of a petroleum windfall. According to the World Bank, revenue from this industry has the potential to double government revenue within six to 10 years and to constitute an estimated 10-25 percent... read more
03.01.2011 | Global Witness and International Budget Partnership submission to the European Commission on budget support
Global Wtness has produced this Submission to the European Commission’s green paper on the future of budget support to third countries. It is based on the combined experience of Global Witness and the International... read more
On 30th April 2010, the Cambodian Embassy published a press release challenging Global Witness to a public debate, in response to our criticism of the government's management of the country's natural resources. This... read more
10.05.2010 | Supporting documents for "Shifting Sand" report
These documents accompany and substantiate claims made in the report "Shifting Sand: how Singapore's demand for Cambodian sand threatens ecosystems and undermines good governance." The details of each is as follows:... read more
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GW Submission to the EC MTR - Appendix GW Submission to the EC MTR on Cambodia GW Submission to the EC MTR on...pendix - French GW Submission to the EC MTR on...mbodia - French read more
05.02.2009 | Cambodian oil, gas and mining documents
In the course of its investigation into Cambodia's oil, gas and mining sectors, Global Witness obtained a number of key documents. Global Witness believes that it is important that these documents, which include key... read more
05.02.2009 | Country for Sale
UPDATE JULY 09: VISIT OF CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER WOULD UNDERMINE LABOUR'S ANTI-CORRUPTION PLEDGES
UPDATE MAY 09: GLOBAL WITNESS WELCOMES CAMBODIA SAND EXPORT BAN
UPDATE MAY 09: GLOBAL WITNESS SLAMS DONOR... read more
09.12.2008 | Cambodia Draft Oil Production Sharing Contract
31.05.2007 | Cambodia's Family Trees
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Cambodia's Family Trees (Low Res) Cambodia's Family Trees (Med Res) Cambodia's Family Trees (Word Version) Recommendations and Summary
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Khmer - Cambodia's Family Trees Part 1 (Low Res)... read more
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thai_khmer_rouge_links_and_the...dian_timber.htm read more
05.02.2013 | We could end poverty if … David Cameron is right?
Britain‘s G8 presidency a chance to reframe the poverty debate
It’s always encouraging to see our leaders pushing the right line for a change. Outlining his agenda for the G8 at the World Economic Forum in Davos... read more
Some donors do well, all donors can do better, writes Publish What You Fund. read more
15.11.2011 | BBC: Call for greater aid transparency
A UK-based lobby group is calling for more transparency in the spending of global development aid, estimated to be worth about $150bn (£93bn), writes BBC's Mark Doyle. read more
If you express concerns about the negative consequences that over-dependence on aid can have for development, as I did in Mali recently, a common response is that there is no alternative. How else can vital services and... read more
21.12.2010 | Guardian - Transparency will make aid work better
A global standard on sharing information is at the heart of democratising aid – for donors and for recipients, says Owen Barder on the Guardian's Global Development Blog. read more
24.11.2011 | Daily Telegraph: Britain's aid towards Democratic Republic of Congo under scrutiny over mining deals
01.11.2010 | Daily Telegraph - Failure to hold foreign governments to account means that our aid is wasted
Failure to hold foreign governments to account means that our aid is wasted read more
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