The Canadian consultant firm Acres currently has six World Bank-financed contracts, despite the fact that it was blacklisted on July 23 by World Bank President James Wolfensohn due to fraud.

ADB: non-legal measures ‘more efficient’ in combating corruption

An international system for controlling corruption in multilateral aid-financed projects is nowhere in sight. Two multilateral financing institutions with anti-corruption mechanisms - the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank - follow very different rules.

Uphill start for COWI in Finnish aid market

The leading Danish aid consultant COWI has for the past year been trying to enter the Finnish aid market.

Scanagri Finland consolidates after string of losses

The last 12 months have been marked by disappointment and many lost tenders for the Finnish aid consultancy firm Scanagri Finland.