(October 6, 1999) Canada abstains during World Bank vote
China resettlement plan starts debate over Tibetan culture
(October 6, 1999) For a number of years, the People’s Republic of China has been accused of following a policy designed to change the culture of Tibet by overwhelming the indigenous population with massive numbers of ethnic Chinese settlers.
“Model” Laotian dam an economic and environmental failure
(October 1, 1999) New report exposes Nordic investors’ double standards on property rights and environmental protection
The Theun-Hinboun public-private partnership: Notes- part 3 of 3
(October 1, 1999)
The Theun-Hinboun public-private partnership- part 2 of 3
Monitoring equipment to ensure safe demolition of cofferdam
Workers have begun to install monitoring equipment that will measure the impact of the huge explosion planned for Tuesday aimed at demolishing the last cofferdam built for the construction of the Three Gorges dam.
World Bank funding criticised
(October 1, 1999) A US$40M loan to China, to help fund an US$80M water project in Tibet, has been condemned by Tibet Right groups, human rights activists, Tibet’s government in exile and environmental lobby groups.
Fall 1999 Campaign Letter
In 1991, we proposed a way out of the Third World debt crisis. Now it’s happening.
The Theun-Hinboun public-private partnership- part 1 of 3
(October 1, 1999) A 3-part critique of the Asian Development Bank’s model hydropower Venture in Lao PDR.
China’s Three Gorges
(October 1, 1999) China’s biggest construction project since the Great Wall generates controversy at home and abroad.
An engineer-activist who battles megadevelopment
From Time’s special report A New Generation of Leaders, "…highlighting 25 youthful achievers who have already made important marks in their disparate fields–marks just as likely to be recognized abroad as at home. We consider them to be intriguing, illuminating and sometimes provocative representatives of the talent that is being unleashed by change. These are particularly extraordinary individuals…"
In 1991, we proposed a way out of the Third World debt crisis. Now it’s happening.
(September 21, 1999) In 1997, after hearing about Probe International’s campaign to enforce the doctrine of odious debts, a group of South African activists knew they had found the answer to their quest for a just and principled stand against the accomplices to apartheid.
Jubilee 2000 campaign intensifies
(September 17, 1999) As the “100 days to the millennium” approaches, the anti-debt campaign, Jubilee 2000, has entered a period of intense activity.
Dam talks exclude minority groups
(September 15, 1999) Thai-based environmentalists yesterday accused the American organisers of a conference of going behind the backs of vulnerable ethnic groups in discussing massive Burmese dam projects in private.
EGAT halts Myanmar dam survey
(September 14, 1999) ‘We feel we have enough information to complete the feasibility study, even though it is not really as complete as we would have wanted’: EGAT halts survey work for a dam on the Salween (Nu) River after the death of an employee in a landmine accident.
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