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The Vicious Circle of Corruption, Dams and Disaster
Transparency International’s Global Corruption Report 2008, to which your blogger contributed a brief paper, is devoted to corruption in the...
Ilisu – A Test Case for the Global Dam Industry
The high drama over Turkey’s Ilisu Dam continues. A new report by the official monitoring team demonstrates that the project...
Sabbatical
In ancient Israel, among other places, farmers conserved the fertility of their soils by letting their fields lay fallow every...
Navigating Beijing’s Contradictions
In Beijing on a mission for our China global program, more doors are opening for us than in the past....
China's Environmental Footprint in Africa
A new report written by your blogger discusses China’s environmental footprint in Africa. Are Chinese investors Africa's new colonizers? Are...
中国在非洲的环境足迹
伴随着涉足非洲的经济，中国快速扩大了在非洲的环境足迹。中国对非洲战略的一个重要目标在于，开发迄今尚未得到的资源。此类资源通常位于生态脆弱及深陷腐败和冲突的国家。作为非洲发展的长期伙伴，中国对于解决其工程项目对环境造成的影响非常关注。中国政府出台了海外投资影响的指导方针，但仍需进一步加强。 《中国在非洲的环境足迹》研究了中国的非洲战略，并且分析了与西方国家做法的异同。本文详细阐述了中国战略的环境影响，描述了中国政府越来越积极的响应，并且指出了非洲、中国和西方国家的挑战。
China's Environmental Footprint in Africa
Download the report (PDF, 500KB) Report translation in Chinese Along with its economic presence, China has rapidly expanded its environmental...
World Bank behind the curve on renewable energy
A new report shows that investment in wind and solar energy surpassed support for large hydro projects in 2007. The...
Will the Ilisu Dam Drown Out Western Credibility?
Governments and financial institutions have come under increasing pressure not to fund environmentally and socially destructive projects. In the case...
Money for Nothing (Or How Corruption Fuels Dam Building in Nigeria)
Nigeria is being rocked by a huge corruption scandal. As President Yar’Adua recently revealed, the administration of his predecessor spent...