(September 7, 2004) Western conservationists back Indochina’s largest, most environmentally destructive hydro scheme.
A way of life threatened
(September 7, 2004) The Nam Theun 2 dam will double water levels in central Laos’ Xe Bang Fai River and destroy the self-sufficient lifestyle of thousands of people living along its banks, writes Mekong environmental researcher Dave Hubbel.
‘We demand respect for our rights as a people’
(September 7, 2004) The Guatemalan government and the World Bank must resolve damages caused by the Chixoy dam, say activists.
Getting priorities right is a must
(September 3, 2004) What the Lesotho case and the Lugar corruption hearings demonstrate is that institutions must reflect the interests of the countries concerned instead of the domestic politics of the rich and the powerful.
Proposed power dam sparks heated debate
(September 2, 2004) Some critics doubt the Nam Theun 2 dam project in Laos is necessary.
World Bank consults on big Laos dam project
(September 1, 2004) The World Bank launched an unprecedented exercise in public consultation yesterday on whether it should back a project to build a dam in Laos in a tributary of the Mekong river.
Criticism dominates first public debate on huge Laos dam
(August 31, 2004) “Don’t let this be a repetition of the Pak Moon dam”, say Thai opponents of World Bank-backed Lao dam.
Statement on the World Bank-organised technical workshop on the Nam Theun 2 project
(August 30, 2004) On the occasion of this World Bank-organised technical workshop, NGO-COD is obliged to convey the following views and demands on behalf of the Thai civil society organizations involved.
World Bank Support for Big Dams Remains
(August 26, 2004) Groups like the U.S.-based International Rivers Network (IRN) have argued that the Bank cannot claim to have distanced itself from building large dams.
New World Bank strategy proposes $550 million for dams in India
(August 24, 2004) The World Bank Board of Directors will decide on a new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for India on Thursday, August 26. In this strategy, the World Bank proposes to double loans to India, and to spend $550 million on new dams in 2005-08.
Hydro dam threatens elephants
(August 24, 2004) The inundation and degradation of a large part of the Nakai Plateau would eliminate 95% of the wetlands, almost all mineral licks and large areas of forests and grasslands that are essential habitat for the Nakai elephants.
Tiny Laos in the spotlight over landmark power project
(August 22, 2004) Despite assurances by the foreign investors, the International Rivers Network and several other groups maintain the planned dam could pollute or choke waterways in the untamed region and displace impoverished farming communities.
Review of the Fund’s strategy on overdue financial obligations
(August 13, 2004) In a review of countries in protracted arrears to the IMF, the Fund said emergency post-conflict funding for Iraq would be approved once it had paid off an $80 million debt to the IMF.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: bribery on a massive scale
(August 8, 2004) Many of the legal aspects of corruption have now been thoroughly and recently tested in the Lesotho courts, challenging the ways in which corruption is detected and punished in different parts of the world.
World Bank agrees to new oil loan rules
(August 5, 2004) The World Bank, the largest financier of economic programmes in poor nations, has agreed to new rules to prevent revenue from oil and gas projects going to corrupt regimes.
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