Yup - spent a little time there myself, as well as in West Africa. I always said if Nigerians put as much energy into legitimate business ventures as they did in trying rip each other off they's be running the world. Oh well. Obasanjo is actually cleaning things up a bit.
-Mike Hakan Falk wrote: >Mike, > >Yes, Nigeria were #100 on least corrupted countries and now they are #144. > >US is still keeping its 17-19 position however, good, despite the >Bush administration. > >Spain is also the same, but Sweden who had a shared 5 position with >Singapore, have now fallen to 6. > >LOL > >Hakan > > >At 05:30 30/08/2005, you wrote: > > >>Darn, >> >>Nigeria has fallen out of #1. >> >>Hakan Falk wrote: >> >> >> >>>mphee, >>> >>>Something that I follow and found very important for evaluations and >>>discussions are several public statistical reports, two of the most >>>important to read is, >>> >>>UNDP's report on human development, >>>http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/pdf/hdr04_complete.pdf >>> >>>and >>> >>>BP's energy report, >>>http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_engli >>> >>> >>sh/publications/energy_reviews_2005/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_report_2005.pdf >> >> >> >> >>>there are long links so many must copy and paste to get there. An >>>other interesting report is the Global corruption report and I like >>>to look at the following, >>> >>>http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/gcr2005/download/english/corr >>> >>> >>uption_research_%20I.pdf >> >> >>>one interesting special is, >>> >>>Corruption in post-conflict reconstruction, >>>http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/gcr2005/download/english/corr >>> >>> >>uption_post_conflict_%20rec.pdf >> >> >>>All are very valuable background for discussions. They can take a >>>long time to download if you have a slow connection, but it is >>> >>> >>well worth it. >> >> >>>Hakan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>At 17:22 29/08/2005, you wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>The econmic meltdown doesn't scare me as much as the next world war. >>>> >>>>The economy has had meltdowns before and it will again. I >>>> >>>> >>believe the US is >> >> >>>>resourcful enough to come back. Though our great dependacy on foreign oil >>>>could make that a lot harder. >>>> >>>>As oil is depleted more and more there will be maneuvering by countries to >>>>retain/adquire/secure the last reserves. Is it completely >>>> >>>> >>outside the realm >> >> >>>>of possiblities that's why we're in iraq. China's army out numbers us at >>>>least 2 to 1, but not as advanced and trained. India's army is >>>> >>>> >>becoming more >> >> >>>>advanced all the time. Both of which are a lot closer than us to >>>> >>>> >>the middle >> >> >>>>east. Give them 10-20 years. >>>> >>>>US has dug a pretty deep hole. Carter had put in new CAFE >>>> >>>> >>(milage requiremnts >> >> >>>>for cars/trucks) requiremnts that Reagan through out. If they >>>> >>>> >>had stayed it >> >> >>>>could have greatly reduced our dependancy on oil. Transportation >>>> >>>> >>uses 74% of >> >> >>>>the 20+ mbbls we use a day of oil. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:16:11 -0700 (PDT), Kirk McLoren wrote >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,16416680, >>>>>00.html >>>>>--------------------------------- >>>>>Print this page >>>>>Dumping of US dollar could trigger 'economic September 11' >>>>>There is a potentially fatal flaw at the heart of the global >>>>>economy: the strong possibility of financial meltdown following a >>>>>collapse of confidence in the greenback, Clyde Prestowitz tells >>>>>Bruce Stannard 29aug05 >>>>> >>>>>THE nightmare scenario that haunts global strategist Clyde >>>>>Prestowitz is an economic September 11 -- a worldwide financial >>>>>panic triggered by a sudden massive sell-off of US dollars that >>>>>would lead inexorably to the collapse of economies around the world. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Biofuel mailing list >>>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >>> >>>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >>> >>>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 >>> >>> >>messages): >> >> >>>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>Biofuel mailing list >>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >>http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org >> >>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html >> >>Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >>http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
