(December 3, 2000) “Probe responds to Norris Hall on Chalillo”. Article features a letter by Grainne Ryder.
Laos stops World Bank forestry programme
(December 1, 2000) The Government of Laos (GoL) has halted the Forest Management and Conservation Programme (FOMACOP) after the first five-year phase because of difficulties …
PRESS RELEASE: Canadian aid agency pays engineering firm to justify dam construction in Belize
(November 21, 2000) Hydro scheme threatens jaguar, Scarlet Macaw habitat.
Viedekke heads consortium to build a major power plant in Uganda
(November 20, 2000) An agreement to build a power plant in Bujagali, Uganda is signed by a consortium, headed by Veidekke ASA. The consortium consists of ABB Distribusjon AS, Alstom Power Ltd. (Switzerland), GE Energy(Norway) AS and Skanska AB in addition to Veidekke.
Narmada Dams project
(November 20, 2000) A five-part television series on the controversial project. This five-part series on India’s controversial Narmada dam project airs from November 20-24, 2000, and focuses on …
Placing Blame For Genocide: Guatemalan massacre survivors seek damages from dam financiers
(November 16, 2000) The plight of Rio Negro survivors has been studied closely by the World Commission on Dams, an independent body sponsored by the World Bank to review the performance of large dams and make recommendations for future planning of such projects.
The tragedy of Pak Moon Dam
(October 1, 2000) An authoritative new report about Thailand’s most controversial dam projectconfirms what local villagers have known all along–it’s simply a flop.
An interview with Carlos Chen, a survivor of the Rio Negro community
(September 28, 2000) An interview with Carlos Chen, a survivor of the Rio Negro community, and one of the principal activists working for human rights, compensation and reparations.
World Bank schemes cost 2.6m their homes
(September 25, 2000) More than 2.6m people around the world were being resettled against their will by World Bank projects under way last year, according to bank documents.
Pak Moon dam a failure in every respect, says report; costly project left nothing but damage
(September 20, 2000) World Commission on Dams report says the project did not comply with the existing World Bank guidelines that required a new environmental impact assessment and appropriate impact mitigation prior to the implementation of the redesigned project.
Chixoy dam reparations
(September 12, 2000) Rights Action campaign for just compensation and reparations from the World Bank & the Inter-American Development Bank for survivors of the Rio Negro community destroyed by construction of the Chixoy Dam in Guatemala.
Probe Alert September 2000
Canadian government defends more aid for disastrous Manantali Dam
PRESS RELEASE: EDC preempts court decisions, finances second Biobio dam in Chile
(August 28, 2000) Canada’s Export Development Corp. is financing Chile’s largest and most controversial hydro dam, even though the Chilean courts have yet to decide whether or not the dam on southern Chile’s Biobío river is legal.
Sole wins more time in fraud trial
(August 19, 2001) The corruption trial of Ephraim Sole, the dismissed chief executive of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority, resumed this week in the Maseru high court after a two-month recess, only to be halted within a day.
India project shows risks of intervening, despite sound goals
(August 14, 2000) “World Bank officials concede that, once again, one of their massive Third World investments has exacted a severe toll on citizens whose lives ultimately were supposed to have been made better by economic development.”
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