Norway wealth fund / India bribery rate / Myanmar state counselor

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Norway's wealth fund may blacklist firms over emissions, corruption risk.  The ethics watchdog for Norway's $900-billion sovereign wealth fund will recommend this year that the fund exclude or put on a watch list several firms in the oil, cement and steel industries for emitting too much greenhouse gas.
Vietnam Net Bridge: http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/world-news/174191/exclusive--norway-s-wealth-fund-may-blacklist-firms-over-emissions--corruption-risk.html

India has the highest bribery rate in Asia-Pacific region.  India has the highest bribery rate in the Asia Pacific region where nearly seven in 10 people who had accessed public services had paid a bribe, said a report by the Transparency International.
ARY News: https://arynews.tv/en/india-has-the-highest-bribery-rate-in-asia-pacific-region/

Myanmar state counselor says anti-corruption measures gathering speed.  Myanmar's fight against corruption is beginning to gather momentum, and graft is not that difficult to eradicate, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said during a business talk with women entrepreneurs held in Nay Pyi Taw.

Eleven Myanmar: http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/8210

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