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NGOs Tell World Bank to Reconsider Bujagali Dam
In a May 2002 letter to Executive Directors, 120 NGOs urge the Bank to delay further funding approvals until a...
World Bank Management Manipulated Data on Uganda Dam
Report shows Executive Board approved project on basis of distorted economic analysis In early June, the World Bank is expected...
International Rivers Comments on the West Nile Electrification Project (Uganda)
Current Status: Registered on 10 February 2007 International Rivers Comments on the World Bank Prototype Carbon Fund West Nile Electrification...
World Bank Approves Bujagali Dam Despite Major Economic Risks
The World Bank today approved a large dam in Uganda that could prove to be a white elephant for that...
Huge Protest Over Large Dams in Lesotho - Police Attempt to Disrupt Demonstrations, Injuring Three
More than 2000 demonstrators converged on three major dams in Lesotho on November 19 during a massive coordinated protest. Police...
Pipe Dreams
The World Bank’s Failed Efforts to Restore Lives and Livelihoods of Dam-Affected People in Lesotho While the Lesotho Highlands Water...
Damming the Zambezi for Aluminum: Proposed Dam a "Power Play" to Gain Control of Upstream Dam?
For a couple of weeks in late September, sooty plumes of black smoke billowed from the stacks of the Mozambique...
Unresolved Issues on Bujagali
A recent letter to World Bank from coalition of 50 NGOs. From: ENGO-LOG C/O Box 29909, KAMPALA – UGANDA. To:...
Evaluating the LHWP Against WCD Guidelines
Africa’s largest infrastructure project the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is a massive, multi-dam scheme built to divert water from...
Likely Tariff Implications of Bujagali Dam
Submitted to the World Bank July 17, 2001 by International Rivers Leaked details of the secret 30-year Power Purchase Agreement...