(April 1, 2008) Over the past decades, African countries have been forced by external debt burdens to undertake painful economic adjustments while devoting scarce foreign exchange to debt-service payments. On the other hand, African countries have experienced massive outflows of private capital towards Western financial centers. Indeed, these private assets surpass the continent’s foreign liabilities, ironically making sub-Saharan Africa a “net creditor” to the rest of the world.
Kennedy Jr. lobbies hard against Chile dam project
(April 1, 2008) HidroAysén project a threat to Chile’s “pride and soul” says NRDC attorney
Planned Lao dam raises concerns on the Mekong
(March 28, 2008) The Lao government’s decision earlier this year to press ahead with plans to build the Don Sahong dam on the mainstream of the Mekong River in southern Laos is causing major concern in Cambodia and internationally.
China attracts private companies to provide clean water
(March 27, 2008) When Chen Xiangwen first moved to Beijing eight years ago, she expected to be able to drink the tap water. After all, she was living in a city about to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
World Bank funds Kenya’s ‘culture of corruption’
(March 26, 2008) World Bank funding has been called out as a large contributor to Kenya’s ‘culture of corruption’ in the wake of last year’s presidential election crisis.
China Southern Power Grid Company’s hydro project in Cambodia threatens forests, indigenous farmers
(March 26, 2008) Indigenous farmers and forests are threatened by one of at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects approved by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen over the last two years, Reuters reported on March 26.
Chad’s checkmate
(March 26, 2008) World bank system to safeguard oil revenues hasn’t exactly worked as expected.
China Southern Power Grid Company’s hydro project in Cambodia threatens forests, indigenous farmers
(March 26, 2008) Indigenous farmers and forests are threatened by one of at least four Chinese-funded hydropower projects approved by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen over the last two years, Reuters reported on March 26.
PI Report: Electricity of Vietnam urged to rethink hydro operations on Mekong tributary
(March 26, 2008) This environmental impact assessment review by Probe International and Phnom Penh-based NGO Forum on Cambodia recommends that Electricity of Vietnam consider switching from peaking to base load operations at its upper Se San hydro dams to ease impacts in downstream Cambodia. Additional recommendations, photos, and statements from affected community leaders in Cambodia included.
Electricity of Vietnam urged to rethink hydro operations on Mekong tributary
(March 26, 2008) This environmental impact assessment review by Probe International and Phnom Penh-based NGO Forum on Cambodia recommends that Electricity of Vietnam consider switching from peaking to base load operations at its upper Se San hydro dams to ease impacts in downstream Cambodia.
The Impact of Environmental Justice Advocacy in China
(March 26, 2008) Justice and Legal Reform in China Conference
China’s Three Gorges Dam: An Environmental Catastrophe?
(March 25, 2008) Even the Chinese government suspects the massive dam may cause significant environmental damage.
Vietnam will suffer electricity shortages until monopoly removed, says energy industry leader
(March 20, 2008) We need to create a real electricity market and remove the monopoly," Vietnam Energy Association Chairman, Tran Viet Ngai, said earlier this year in response to the country’s chronic power shortages. "The biggest problem right now is Electricity of Vietnam controls all the generation, distribution and investment."
THREE GORGES ORAL HISTORY SERIES: Absence of Justice: Lu Chengming’s Struggle for Compensation
(March 18, 2008) On November 18, 2002, the government of Dachang Zhen (Great Prosperity Town) in Wushan County, Yangtze River, sent the following dispatch about the wharf and the house belonging to Lu Chengming, who was to be relocated.
China’s environmental regulator urges crackdown on Three Gorges polluters
(March 12, 2008) China’s State Environmental Protection Agency has urged citizens and corporations to take legal action if threatened by water pollution in the Three Gorges dam area.
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