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Companies Charged with Corruption Should Be Suspended From World Bank Contracts
Dam-building companies charged with corruption in a Lesotho court should be suspended from receiving World Bank contracts while they are...
Bribery Taints World Bank–Funded Lesotho Water Project
A dozen major international dam-building companies involved in the World Bank-funded Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) have lavishly bribed at...
Japanese PM Urged to Toughen Standards for Development Super–Agency
NGOs also demand withdrawal from Filipino dam An international appeal was delivered to the Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Keizo Obuchi,...
Japanese Ex–Im Bank Approves $302 Million Loan for Private Dam in Philippines
Funding decided despite opposition of local government, residents and NGOs, incomplete Environmental Impact Assessment On 27 October the Export-Import Bank...
Tribespeople Invited to "Comment" on Dam Feasibility Study
A massive feasibility study on the Epupa Dam, proposed for the Kunene River in northern Namibia, will be presented to...
ADB's Dam-Building Record "Seriously Deficient"
A report released today by International Rivers documents the Asian Development Bank’s dam-building activities in the Mekong watershed. The report,...
Narmada Bachao Andolan, India Berne Declaration, Switzerland
Independent Commission to Review World’s Dams Dam critics and proponents have agreed to work together to establish a top-level commission...
World Bank Dam Evaluation "Seriously Deficient"
NGOs Demand Independent Review and Moratorium on World Bank Support of Large Dams Forty-nine non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from 21 countries...
Earthquakes Triggered by Africa's Katse Dam Force Families to Abandon Damaged Village
Earthquakes caused by the filling of a huge reservoir in the southern African country of Lesotho have terrified local people...
Striking Lesotho Dam Workers Killed by Police - NGOs Urge World Bank to Take Action
Five workers were shot dead and some 30 injured when police evicted striking workers from a Lesotho Highlands Water Project...