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Cloud of Industry Shrouds Natural Wonder
Originally published in the Globe and Mail Proposed hydro dam could devastate fabled Chinese gorge and force indigenous people to...
The World Bank and Civil Society: Forward to the Past?
A Review of The World’s Banker, A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations...
International Rivers Response to Sebastian Mallaby's Attacks on NGOs
Sebastian Mallaby, a columnist with the Washington Post, recently published a new book on the World Bank (The World’s Banker,...
A Preliminary Review of the Impact of Dam Reservoirs on Carbon Cycling
Abstract The International Hydropower Association (IHA) asserts that hydropower has a very low, or even positive impact on climate change...
The Lack of International Competitive Bidding in the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project
Nam Theun 2 is a hydropower project in Lao PDR with a proposed capacity of 1,070 megawatts. The project is...
Downstream Impacts of Hydropower and Development of an International River
This paper describes the impacts of the Upper Mekong dams and Mekong navigation channel on the Mekong River hydrology and...
Sizing up the Grid
Comparing the Mekong Power Grid to ADB Policies The Asian Development Bank is promoting the development of a regional power...
Comments on the "four rights" of Immigrants Affected by Dam Construction
This paper was submitted by villagers affected by the Manwan Dam to the UN Symposium on Hydropower and Sustainable Development...
Powering a Sustainable Future: The Role of Large Hydro in Sustainable Development
This report, prepared for the "UN Hydropower and Sustainable Development Symposium" in Beijing, China on October 27-29, 2004, examines the...
Sharing the South African Experience
Presented at the WCD Launch in Uganda I work with International Rivers Network, and was invited today to observe this...