[lg policy] Macmillan ordered to pay $17m for corruption in South Sudan

[Gareth Price]

Macmillan Publishers has been ordered to pay $17m and banned from
World Bank tenders for at least three years for paying officials to
win an education deal in South Sudan.

The company admitted that a representative of Macmillan Education made
"improper and unauthorised payments" to local officials in its
unsuccessful bid to win a multimillion-pound contract to print English
language teaching and school curriculum materials. The tender was part
of a $45.9m project to develop the school curriculum, train thousands
of teachers, build 100 schools and refurbish a further 50.

Full story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2011/jul/25/macmillan-education-deal-south-sudan

-- 
Dr. Gareth Price
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
316 Languages Building, Box 90259
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0259
USA
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