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World’s Biggest Dam Won’t Solve World’s Biggest Energy Gap
Is World Bank Throwing Good Money After Bad? From September 2013 World Rivers Review There is a sad irony in...
Member-Exclusive Happy Hour
Every year International Rivers’ staff comes together – from Brazil, India, Africa, and Southeast Asia – to re-energize our efforts...
Uganda's Dams Leave Affected People Behind
From September 2013 World Rivers Review The government of Uganda has been on a dam-building binge for years now. While...
Ethiopia’s Biggest Dam Oversized, Experts Say
In May, Ethiopia diverted the Blue Nile to begin building its largest dam project to date, the 6,000 MW Grand...
Here We Go Again
From September 2013 World Rivers Review A dozen years after the World Bank-backed World Commission on Dams (WCD) issued what...
Dams Lite?
Published in World Rivers Review August 2001 Run-of-River Projects No Panacea Are huge reservoirs a thing of the past? Today,...
World Heritage Committee Decisions in 2013
Below are summaries of all the decisions made on dam-threatened World Heritage Sites that were discussed at this year’s 37th...
Multilateral Development Banks: Projects to Watch
International Rivers has begun a new quarterly blog that highlights dam projects to watch out for in the investment pipelines...
The World Bank is Bringing Back Big, Bad Dams
Originally published in The Guardian, Environment Blog Kariba Dam on the Zambezi RiverBy Alamy The big, bad dams of past...
African Development Bank
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is a public development bank that lends money to African governments and private companies investing...