(June 30, 2000) World Bank approves loans for the Yangtze Dike Strengthening Project and the Hubei Water and Environment Project.
German government report blasts Maheshwar Dam
(June 28, 2000) The German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development today released a strongly critical review of resettlement for the Maheshwar Dam on India’s Narmada River.
Bank should retract China loan
(June 27, 2000) The World Bank’s provisional decision last year to lend Beijing $40 million for the forced resettlement of tens of thousands of poor Chinese to the Tibetan plateau has been a source of controversy and embarrassment.
World Bank ‘broke rules’ in Tibet land plan
(June 23, 2000) The World Bank repeatedly violated its own rules when assessing the viability of a highly controversial project to resettle 57,750 Chinese farmers on what were traditionally Tibetan lands, according to a scathing independent report.
Panel to push for opening of spillways: Deal proposed to end protracted protest
(June 14, 2000) The national committee charged with solving the Pak Moon dam crisis will meet Interior Minister Banyat Bantadtan today to discuss its plan to open the dam’s spillways for three months.
Jakarta Declaration for reform of Official Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agencies
(June 13, 2000) Over 50 representatives of Indonesian and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and social movements convened in Jakarta and South Sumatra 1-7 May, 2000 for a strategy meeting on official export credit and investment insurance agencies (ECAs). They agreed on the following Declaration, endorsed by 347 NGOs from 45 countries.
Pak Mool cost more than it’s worth
(June 9, 2000) EARLIER this year, the World Commission on Dams (WCD) published its performance review of Thailand’s most controversial hydro scheme, the World Bank-financed Pak Mool dam, confirming what observers have long suspected: The project is an economic failure and a growing financial liability to Thailand’s electricity ratepayers.
Letters to the Editor: Beatty rallies to EDC’s aid
(June 6, 2000) The President & CEO of the Alliance of Manufacturers & Exporters Canada defends the EDC.
In defence of the EDC
(June 6, 2000) Patrick J. Lavelle, chairman of the board of the Export Development Corporation, responds to Patricia Adams.
Letters to the Editor: Brown-Graham rallies to EDC’s aid
(June 6, 2000) I have to admit that I enjoyed reading some of Patricia Adams’ clever quips But I’m puzzled: As a taxpayer, what exactly is it that I should be concerned about? That my taxes have been used to help support Canadian success?
In defence of the EDC
(June 6, 2000) Patrick J. Lavelle, chairman of the board of the Export Development Corporation, responds to Patricia Adams.
Tensions ease as talks start after 14 months of protests
(May 28, 2000) No concrete agreement was reached but tension at the Pak Moon dam declined somewhat as talks between protesters and authorities took place for the first time in 14 months.
Flying in the face of the WTO
(May 26, 2000) Before anybody gloats too much about Canada’s recent "victory" over Brazil in the matter of aircraft subsidies, it might be wise to reflect that little has changed for the main victims of the Liberals’ reflexive urge to meddle in trade and industry — us.
Secret of EDC’s ‘success’: Taxpayers’ money
(May 25, 2000) Patricia Adams’ controversial National Post article examines the EDC.
International NGO letter to Thailand’s Prime Minister, May 19, 2000
(May 19, 2000) We write to express our support for the members of the Assembly of the Poor who are currently occupying the crest of Pak Mun dam and the fish ladder. They are demanding that the Thai Government and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand open the dam gates to allow the fish to migrate up the Mun from the Mekong to breed as they did in former times. We wholeheartedly support the villager s efforts to recover their lost livelihood and restore the ecology of the Mun River.
Patricia Adams
Dai Qing
Fan Xiao
Lawrence Solomon
Mu Lan
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