(June 1, 2006) And follow the positive example of Norway: any comprehensive approach to corruption must examine the World Bank’s lending practices of yesterday and cancel debts found to be corrupt and fraudulent.
Hydropower Projects and Companies in Lao PDR
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China’s Three Gorges dam to begin flood control with a bang
(May 31, 2006) The moment of truth for the world’s largest dam will arrive on June 6. The main concrete wall of the Three Gorges dam on the Yangtze River must begin to hold water after a temporary cofferdam is demolished in a series of planned explosions.
In involuntary resettlement for China projects, the World Bank ignores its own guidelines
(May 31, 2006) For some years now, the World Bank has been promoting the People’s Republic of China as a model of “best practice” for the developing world in the contested area of involuntary resettlement. This evaluation has been widely repeated, and most recently has been adopted in several papers commissioned by the World Commission on Dams (WCD http://www.dams.org), a body mandated to conduct an independent review of the “development effectiveness” of big dams and water projects around the globe.
Why Ertan can not sell its power
(May 30, 2006) “Ertan, the largest hydropower project in China, is frustrated by the reality that it is unable to sell its power.”
Drought paralyses big hydro scheme
(May 30, 2006) The severe northern drought has shut down the Xiaolangdi Dam, the largest and most expensive hydro-electric scheme on the Yellow River.
China eyes mega-project to move water to dry north
(May 30, 2006) Beijing revives decades-old plans to divert water northward from the flood-prone Yangtze River basin, despite controversy.
Environmentalists to fight globalization
(May 29, 2006) Article cites Dai Qing, a fellow of Probe International
Why is it difficult to eradicate corruption in Indonesia
(May 26, 2006) “You can’t clean a dirty floor with a dirty broom,” says Jarkarta Post columnist T. Sima Gunawan, quoting an activist, in response to the problem of graft in Indonesia, ranked by Berlin-based NGO Transparency International as the sixth most corrupt nation in the world.
China’s environmental disaster
The giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River risks choking China’s largest river port with silt and sewage and displacing 500,000 people unnecessarily, engineers and academics are warning the country’s political leaders.
Wolfowitz defuses disputes over his role as world banker
(May 24, 2006) Certainly there is harsh criticism of Wolfowitz, but it seems tempered by a sense that his approach offers a chance for change at the World Bank, a lumbering institution often berated as secretive, bureaucratic and ineffective.
Nigeria after debt relief
(May 24, 2006) The battle for the cancellation of Nigeria’s foreign debt has been won and lost.
Finding the true cost of China’s west-east hydro
(May 24, 2006) Probe International Special Report: Grainne Ryder argues that China’s new electricity regulator should initiate a full-cost review of state dam-building in earthquake-prone Yunnan province.
Chongqing fights crimes from Three Gorges resettlement
(May 24, 2006) Local authorities in Chongqing are launching a three-month campaign to deal with officials who have illegally used their influence to profit from the resettlement of the multi-billion yuan Three Gorges Dam Project.
Finding the true cost of China’s west-east hydro
Probe International Special Report: Grainne Ryder argues that China’s new electricity regulator should initiate a full-cost review of state dam-building in earthquake-prone Yunnan province.
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