Chad: Oiling the wheels of corruption - World Bank style

The World Bank's bombast about good governance, corruption and reducing poverty is a farce. In reality, the World Bank is supporting an oil pipeline project that allows a notorious dictator to fill his pockets and thumb his nose at the world. Meanwhile, the people of Chad are bleeding themselves dry to repay a monumental debt without enjoying the fruits of a natural resource that is rightly theirs, says this article from the website of the Committee for the Abolition of the Third World Debt.