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Do Not Pass Go: The Failed Promise of Fish Ladders
From March 2013 World Rivers Review New research reveals that fish-passage facilities at US Atlantic Coast mainstem dams don’t work...
Grameen Shakti: A Vanguard Model for Rural Clean Energy
From March 2013 World Rivers Review Grameen Shakti has helped Kohinur become an energy entrepreneur. Photo by Nancy Wimmer In...
Fish Passages A Poor Match for Mekong Dams’ Impacts
From March 2013 World Rivers Review The start of construction of the Xayaburi Dam on the Mekong River in Laos...
Talking to the Experts: Can We Improve the ESIA Process?
From March 2013 World Rivers Review There is broad consensus that the process for analyzing and addressing the environmental and...
Why Environmental Impact Assessments Fail to Protect Rivers
From March 2013 World Rivers Review At a time when potentially harmful infrastructure projects such as large dams are experiencing...
Fighting a Faulty ESIA: A Tool in the Campaign to Protect Patagonia
From March 2013 World Rivers Review Protests against Patagonia dams have rocked ChilePhoto courtesy of Ecosistemas The campaign to protect...
China’s Domestic Dam Plans Draw Ire At Home and Abroad
From March 2013 World Rivers Review China’s State Council – the country’s ultimate decision-making body – announced its new Energy...
WRR Commentary: From the Technical to the Fundamental
Commentary: March 2013 World Rivers Review Photo by 350.org On February 17 I joined some 40,000 others in Washington, DC...
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...
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...