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PR – World Bank Hands Inga 3 Dam Over to Private Sector
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Berkeley, USA: International Rivers has learned that the World Bank has abruptly decided to develop the Inga...
Large Dams in Multilateral Banks' Pipelines
As part of the United States’ 2014 budget bill, the U.S. Treasury instructed the U.S. Executive Director at each multilateral...
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...
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...
Damocracy Screening at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival
Damocracy, a short documentary by filmmaker Todd Southgate, highlights the similarities between dam struggles on different sides of the planet...
Building Bridges
Building Bridges: Community-Based Renewable Energy Dense forest, bauxite red earth, and clear streams.A pre-sunrise orchestra of invisible birds and...
Kayapo Courage
Original article published in the January 2014 issue of National Geographic BEPRÔ wears the beads and cotton-wrapped earrings that boys...
The World Bank’s $52 Billion Test
At a meeting with donor governments in Moscow, the World Bank raised a whopping $52 billion for its fund for...