It is also the only company licensed by Mr. Arafat's regime to build projects financed by World Bank, USAID and European Union loans.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Don't Throw Good Money After Bad in the Middle East

One independent study for the World Bank a decade ago found a surprising link between projects the bank financed and civil liberties: projects in countries with strong civil liberties had far higher rates of return than those in countries with weak traditions of liberty.

ECONOMIST: Economics and the rule of law

The logging companies, often working on projects that are financed for the most laudable of reasons by the European Union and the World Bank, build forest roads and send in their trucks.

ECONOMIST: The bushmeat trade