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The World Bank’s Inga 3 Project Goes From Bad to Worse
DRC: no energy for the poor. Greenpeace/Kate Davison The Inga 3 Dam on the Congo River, which has incited the...
A Time-Out on the World Bank’s Biggest Dam Project
Under mounting pressure from local and international NGOs, the World Bank has postponed a decision on the Inga 3 Project...
PR – World Bank Indefinitely Postpones Inga 3 Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pretoria, South Africa: The World Bank has just made a surprise decision to indefinitely postpone the board...
Congo River: Death by a Thousand Cuts?
A briefing paper by International Rivers finds that the Environmental Impact Assessment of the World Bank’s proposed Inga 3 Dam...
Letter from DRC NGOs to the World Bank on Inga 3
In January 2014, a coalition of Congolese NGOs called on the World Bank’s Board of Directors to reconsider the Inga...
U.S. Pushes for Outside Oversight of World Bank, Opposes Push Toward ‘Big Hydro’
Original article published by The Washington Post on January 24 The United States is demanding stricter oversight of World Bank...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Fact Sheet
Rendering of GERD Ethiopia is building one of the largest dams in the world, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),...
US Congress Takes Landmark Decision for Rivers and Rights
Children in Guatemala’s Rio Negro. International Rivers The World Bank is eager to re-engage in large dam projects around the...
Civil Society Letter Calling on US Not to Support Inga 3 Dam
In December 2013, the USAID administrator announced that the US government was considering financial support for the Inga 3 Dam...
Corruption and Infrastructure Megaprojects in the DR Congo
Report details corruption in DRC, potential for marring Inga dam developments The Inga II Dam. Photo by Rudo Sanyanga The...