As protests continue over dam-building, a landmark review calls for a rethink on future projects
Chamera dam, India
Through a series of Access to Information requests to CIDA, Probe International has received nearly 2000 pages of documentation regarding the financing and construction of the Chamera dam in the Himachal Pradesh province of India. (At the time of publishing, EDC was exempt from the Access to Information Act.) We are currently reviewing this material and preparing a detailed list of documentation.
For more information contact:
Patricia Adams
patriciaadams@nextcity.com
The perils of delivering aid
(August 15, 2008) The gunning down of three female foreign aid workers – two of them Canadians – and their Afghan driver a few dozen miles south of Kabul on Wednesday is the latest bloody murder to underscore the relentless deterioration in Afghan security conditions.
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The Chixoy dam and the massacres at Rio Negro, Agua Fria, Xococ, and Los Encuentros
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The divine power of profit
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News Release: Bankrolling Nam Theun 2
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Canadian government responds to Probe’s recommendation that it must take responsibility for role in disastrous Three Gorges Dam
(February 6, 2008) In an open letter to Canadian officials, Probe International called for the government to make amends for failing to warn the Chinese government that the project’s environmental risks would ultimately threaten the lives, property, and economic future of millions of people living along the Yangtze river.
China’s Sinohydro in MDB-backed road-and-rail megaproject
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Zero tolerance to ODA abuse
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transparent manner in a bid to revive the international donor
community’s confidence in the proper use of official development
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Inter-American Development Bank debt relief a smoke screen
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China's investments in the Third World
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‘We won’t win’ unless aid money flows
(October. 06, 2006) Even though Canadian officials admit they are unable to track aid money, they call for millions more.
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