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Gaining Public Acceptance: Tipaimukh Dam in India, Concerns of Bangladesh
The construction of Tipaimukh Dam by India on the international Barak river raises a number of questions in relation to...
Downstream Groups Back Appeal to Release Nujiang EIA
As controversty raged in China around development plans for the Nu River, 90 environmental and community groups in Burma and...
A Big Idea for Aiding Africa –– Think Small
For too long, the World Bank has invested in grandiose projects that do little or nothing to help the poor....
Communities Affected by World Bank’s Largest Dam Project in Africa Protest its Impoverishing Effects
As the world’s financial leaders gather in Washington for the annual meetings of the World Bank (Sept. 24-25), help for...
Will the Terminator Reduce Poverty?
A Critique of the World Bank’s Progress Report on Infrastructure Introduction In July 2003, the World Bank launched an Infrastructure...
NGOs question economic viability of Mekong Power Grid
Two recent studies demonstrate major flaws in the ADB's Mekong Power Grid plan. The first, by Canadian power grid expert...
EIB Reply on WCD and Carbon Fund for Europe
More information Letter from international NGOs to the World Bank(similar letters were sent to the EBRD and the EIB) EBRD...
Breeding Ground
The Three Gorges Dam has been dogged by controversy ever since it was mooted but the deadliest risk has barely...
Nu River Dams: Approval Expected in Coming Months
Open Letter Sent to Government Urging Public Disclosure of EIA On August 31, a broad coalition of Chinese groups sent...