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New World Bank Strategy Proposes $550m for Dams in India

The World Bank Board of Directors will decide on a new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for India on Thursday, August...
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Chronic Problems at Yacyretá Dam

International Rivers Network Press Release INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INVESTIGATION CONFIRMS CHRONIC PROBLEMS AT YACYRETÁ DAM A new report issued by...
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World Bank Investigation Confirms Serious Problems at Yacyretá Dam

(São Paulo) Following an 18–month investigation of the troubled Yacyretá dam on the Paraguay–Argentina border, the World Bank’s Inspection Panel...
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Lao Hydropower Developer Terminates Agreement with IRN

International Rivers Network Response to Theun-Hinboun Power Company Decision An unusual cooperation agreement between US-based river protection organization International Rivers...
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ADB “Water For The Poor” Week Reveals Hypocrisy of Institution

Plans for Mekong Power Grid Would Undermine People’s Rights to Water As the Asian Development Bank’s “Water Week 2004” winds...
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EU Emissions Trading Should Not Be Linked With Destructive Hydro Projects

European Parliament Urged to Safeguard Climate Policy Greenpeace and International Rivers held a briefing today at the European Parliament on...
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ADB Plan Supports a Dozen More Dams for the Mekong

Critics say plan is destructive, 40 years out of date A new Asian Development Bank report has recommended the construction...
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Resolve All Outstanding Issues, Stop the San Roque Dam Operation

The Cordillera Peoples Alliance and TIMMAWA call on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo not to inaugurate the San Roque Dam, inspite...
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Internal World Bank Report Reveals Major Problems with Uganda Dam

The planned Bujagali Dam in Uganda violates five key World Bank policies. This is the conclusion of a confidential new...
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World Bank Misleads Executive Board to Win Approval for Uganda Dam

The World Bank plans to extend a political risk guarantee of $250 million to the Bujagali dam in Uganda. A...