The World Bank has agreed to allow Australia-based engineer Sinclair Knight Merz to continue bidding on bank-financed global work under a July 24 pact that settles "improper payment" issues on past projects that the firm itself discovered and reported.
SKM, which found the problems on unidentified projects in Southeast Asia and pointed them out last year, has terminated persons believed to be responsible for the ethical breaches and expanded anti-corruption programs throughout the company.