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

[Christina Paulston]

Perfectly possible, or at least worth more than a kneejerk reaction,  
that the Sudanese may have done as well with MacMillan as their own  
corrupt officials. CBP





On Jul 26, 2011, at 5:48 PM, Gareth Price wrote:

> 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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