(March 14, 2005) Conservationists have blasted the World Bank for failing to complete a wildlife assessment of the Nakai plateau watershed, site of the proposed dam, and for tying conservation funds to the project.
Environmentalists call on World Bank to abandon Laotian dam project
(March 14, 2005) Environmental activists and locals claim the Nam Theun 2 dam will ruin the lives of about 6,000 Laotian villagers who will be uprooted by the project.
Laos dam just the latest grand project to show disdain for the environment and local opinion
(March 3, 2005) Making a mockery of the World Bank’s decision-making process, construction on the project has already begun.
Company faces bribery charges
(March 2, 2005) The Italian company Impregilo SpA will be tried in the Lesotho High Court in April on five charges of bribery relating to the giant Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
KAIROS analysis of debt recommendations in Commission for Africa Report
(April 1, 2005) Possible actions in the report’s Annex 9 are closer to the actual proposals being debated by G7 finance ministers: some additional debt service relief until 2015 and reinforcement of IMF and World Bank conditionality for African countries.
Green light for Nam Theun 2
(February 28, 2005) The controversial Nam Theun scheme has been given the go-ahead by a World Bank advisory panel; critics that regard NT2 as the Laotian version of Thailand’s infamous Pak Mun Dam are girding for further protests.
Will power
(February 18, 2005) Once again Canada has found cause to wag its diplomatic finger at Africa, this time shaking a despairing head over Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and his government’s failure to stamp out corruption.
Dam project in Laos acts as test case for World Bank
(February 16, 2005) The World Bank’s board will be asked in the next few weeks to endorse a $1.3bn dam in Laos worth nearly as much as the gross domestic product of one of the world’s poorest countries.
Highlands water partner up on bribery
(February 9, 2005) Yet another official involved in the scandal-plagued Lesotho Highlands Water Project has been called on to face charges of corruption and bribery.
Nam Theun 2 studies miss the boat
(February 1, 2005) The NT2 Power Company owes Nakai villagers for sacrificing their land and resources and enduring a decade of economic stagnation and owes anyone displaced full compensation for lost resources, livelihoods, income and opportunity.
Nepad man implicated in bribe scandal
(December 13, 2004) A top adviser for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development has been implicated in a multimillion-rand bribery scandal.
Laos Premier urges ASEAN to support mega-dam project
(November 29, 2004) Laos’ prime minister lobbied Monday for a massive dam in his country, urging Southeast Asian leaders to support the long-delayed project, aimed at alleviating poverty but slammed by critics.
Lahmeyer International in court again for bribing Highlands Water project official
(November 29, 2004) Found guilty by the Lesotho High Court of bribing the former chief of the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority two years ago, international construction company, Lahmeyer International, has been back in court on another case of bribery.
IUCN in firing line for backing dam
(November 19, 2004) Activists say the World Conservation Union (IUCN) risks irrelevance for ignoring plight of elephants.
November 2004 Campaign Letter
Nam Theun 2 dam will destroy the livelihoods of poor villagers.
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