(April 10, 2005) A series of dams and hydro projects have caused one of the upper Yangtze River’s largest tributaries to run dry in places, Sichuan Online reports.
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(April 10, 2005) Jeffrey Sachs’s plan to eradicate world poverty.
HIPC completion: facts on Zambia
(April 10, 2005) Some people say that Zambia’s external debt should be seen as odious, and thus that it should be written off completely. Why not just write it off?
Forgive to forget
(April 8, 2005) On the eve of the first Pan African Forum on accountability and good governance in Kenya this week, an editorial published by the Nairobi-based newspaper, The Nation, called for the relief of Kenya’s foreign debt based in part on an odious debts argument.
Drop the debt
(April 8, 2005) A commentary arguing for debt cancellation published today examines relief based on the principles of the international legal Doctrine of Odious Debts.
Pan African Forum: African governance and accountability in the spotlight
(April 8, 2005) The first Pan African Forum on accountability and good governance was held in Kenya this week to look at decreasing international corruption and strengthening judicial independence.
Dams back in fashion
(April 7, 2005) But have the right lessons been learned?
News Release: 4 arrested at Senator Durbin’s Chicago office
(April 6, 2005) On April 5, four anti-war activists were arrested at Senator Richard Durbin’s office in Chicago for their opposition to the war in Iraq.
Poverty, pride and prejudice in Laos
(April 6, 2005) Poverty and self-interested professional advice has been used to promote the case for the Nam Theun 2 dam.
Laos dam construction to start in June
(April 6, 2005) Electricite de France said on Tuesday the financing for the controversial $1.25 billion Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric dam in Laos will be completed by the end of May, allowing construction to begin in June.
Nam Theun 2 figures don’t add up
(April 5, 2005) On March 31, the World Bank executive directors approved a $50 million partial risk guarantee, a $20 million grant, and up to $200 million in political risk guarantees for the controversial Nam Theun 2 hydroelectricity project in Laos, despite a World Bank economic project analysis with very questionable assumptions.
Amnesty International urgent action
(April 5, 2005) Death Threats in Guatemala, against community leaders opposing the mining operations of GLAMIS GOLD, a CANADIAN/U.S. MINING COMPANY
Debt deal needed in weeks, not months; delays cost lives
(April 5, 2005) We reiterate our call today for the immediate debt cancellation for impoverished countries in Latin America and the Caribbean where debt is odious or impedes human development and progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Nakai plateau: dammed to oblivion
(April 5, 2005) Any doubts locals have will be of no importance now Nam Theun 2 has the backing of the 24-member panel of the World Bank and a pledge for financing from the Asian Development Bank – the plan to flood the Nakai Plateau is all but under way.
Massive dam project could backfire
(April 5, 2005) A new dam funded by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and hailed as a windfall for Laos may end up doing more harm than good to one of the world’s poorest nations and its vulnerable farmers, several independent development groups say.
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