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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...
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Will Congo’s Poor Benefit from World’s Largest Dam Project?

Africa’s poorest nation, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), plans to build the world’s largest – and most expensive –...
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Congo’s Energy Divide Factsheet

HYDROPOWER FOR MINES AND EXPORT, NOT THE POOR The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been ‘rebuilding’ its power grid...
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DR Congo Waits on Funding for World's Largest Hydropower Project

This article originally appeared in The Guardian The dream of harnessing the mighty Congo with the world’s largest set of...
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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 DRCIRIN When World Bank President Jim Kim visits the...
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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...
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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...
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NGOs Call for a Moratorium on BHP Billiton’s Congo Smelter

International civil society groups have called on BHP Billiton to halt its plans for a US$5 billion aluminum smelter and...
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Call for BHP Billiton to Halt Congo Smelter, Inga 3

Mr. Jac NasserChairmanBHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton Plc RE: Proposed BHP Billiton smelter and Inga 3 in Democratic Republic...
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Vultures over Congo’s Inga Dams

What could be nobler than being on the side of poor Africa women? Hydropower companies like to justify their dam...