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Grand Inga - the World Bank’s Latest Silver Bullet for Africa
Mega-dams have a long history of bypassing the poor in the DRC. IRIN When World Bank President Jim Kim visits...
PR: With Inga Dams, Donors Set to Repeat Past Failures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley/Pretoria: The Congolese government will today announce plans to move forward with the Grand Inga Dam at a...
NGO Letter on the World Bank's Return to Mega-Dams in Africa
In May 2013, civil society organization and networks from Africa, Europe and the United States sent a letter to World...
World Bank Pipeline Projects to Watch
Some proposed World Bank dam projects, and a selection of other proposed energy and water projects, excerpted from the World...
Memories and Unanswered Questions on the Zambezi
Although I had spent many years working on the Zambezi River, the lower Zambezi region in Mozambique was unfamiliar to...
Hydro Industry Shuts Out Critical Voices
Apiaká indigenous activist in BrazilPhoto: Brent Millikan The international hydropower industry is meeting in Ethiopia for their big Africa 2013...
Returning to the Zambezi After 20 Years
Alongside the Zambezi River. Photo by Lori Pottinger It’s been 20 years to the month since I was last bobbing...
How the World Bank Undermines Its Own Development Goals
People affected by the World Bank’s Kariba Dam are still struggling to regain their livelihoodsKarin Retief The World Bank’s International...
Concerns regarding IDA 17’s Proposed Focus on Regional Transformational Initiatives
Ms. Lael BrainardUnder Secretary of the Treasury for International AffairsUS Department of the Treasury1500 Pennsylvania Ave NWWashington, DC 20220 March...
Rivers, Dams & Energy: Hydropower in the Context of Climate Change
Jason Rainey, International Rivers’ Executive Director, will speak at the University of Pretoria’s Postgraduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development...