(May 5, 2000) The new mantra of ‘poverty reduction’ will dominate discussions at the Asian Development Bank’s (AsDB) annual meeting, which starts Saturday in this northern Thai city amid tight security and protests from NGOs.
Activists demand halt to all loans
(May 5, 2000) A major protest against the Asian Development Bank is looming as non-governmental organisations have demanded it stop all loans to the government and give a clear reply by Sunday.
Water levy is the last straw
(May 4, 2000) For the past 40 years, countless farm families in Thailand have lost their lands, livelihoods and health through various mega-projects funded by multilateral development banks, including the ADB. But the ADB’s latest scheme to impose water charges on poor farmers is the last straw.
Asian Development Bank
(May 4, 2000) Finance stands firm on charging for Irrigation, Agriculture wants loan clause removed
Three Gorges Dam reaches for the sky
(May 4, 2000) ‘The electricity produced by the dam is much more expensive than that produced in other ways, because it costs tons of money to relocate local people and to offset the disasters it has caused to build the dam,’ says journalist Dai Qing.
Three Gorges can withstand natural disasters, terror attacks: undertaker
Three Gorges dam site, Hubei province: The Three Gorges Dam designed to tame major flood on Yangtze River seen once in a thousand years is solid enough to withstand natural disasters and terrorist attacks, said Cao Guangjing, deputy general manager of China Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corporation, at a press conference in Yichang on Friday.
What cost as China tames mother river?
(May 3, 2000) Article excerpt: …The dam’s most outspoken opponent is Dai Qing, a journalist turned activist whose book Yangtze! Yangtze!, which argued that the dam is a waste of money and an environment disaster, brought her 10 months in a maximum security jail.
Why consumers and citizens should pull the plug on the Asian Development Bank- part 2 of 2
(May 3, 2000) With few exceptions, the first wave of private power deals in the early 1990s were for oversized, outmoded, and polluting power plants that the MDBs have traditionally financed.
Laotian project revived
(May 3, 2000) The sponsor of the Nam Ngum 3 hydro power project in Laos is moving to kick-start the stalled US$600 million scheme, developed to export its electrical output to Thailand.
Foreign estimates of Three Gorges costs ‘wrong’, official
Li Yongan, general manager of the company building the dam, outlined how the project would come in under budget in response to foreign news reports of ‘Western estimates’ that put the cost at between US$40 billion and US$50 billion.
Huge funds spent to clear garbage threatening Three Gorges Dam
China spends 10 million yuan (US$1.3 million) a year to prevent floating garbage from piling up behind the Three Gorges dam, project officials say.
Groups tell ADB to halt loans to Thailand
(May 2, 2000) CHIANG MAI – People’s organisations have officially declared their opposition to the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s loans, holding a press conference here yesterday to demand the bank halt its lending to Thailand and withdraw its conditional loan projects.
Historical background of Pak Moon dam
(May 2, 2000) Milestones from 1967 to 2000
True lies?
(May 2, 2000) The Pak Moon Dam seems to evoke different images to different people, depending on where they stand.
Fishing for power
(May 2, 2000) Were the Pak Moon Dam to continue its existence, subsequent generations of Northeastern villagers may grow up with a tale like this one.
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