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World Bank, ADB Appeal for Blind Faith While Turning Back on Problems With Lao Dams
Over the last month, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) laid out their case for why the international...
Excerpts from ADB's Audit Report on the Nam Leuk Hydropower Project
The ADB’s Operations Evaluation Department (OED) commissioned the Nam Leuk Project Performance Audit Report (PPAR) to assess the Nam Leuk...
Tropical Hydro is a Significant Source of Greenhouse Gases: A Response to the International Hydropower Association
The International Hydropower Association released a four–page document entitled “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reservoirs” at the UN climate convention negotiations...
NGO Letter to German Environment and Development Ministers
To: Minister Jürgen Tritten Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety Ms. Heidemarie Wieczorek–Zeul Federal Minister for Development...
A Preliminary Review of the Impact of Dam Reservoirs on Carbon Cycling
Abstract The International Hydropower Association (IHA) asserts that hydropower has a very low, or even positive impact on climate change...
The Lack of International Competitive Bidding in the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project
Nam Theun 2 is a hydropower project in Lao PDR with a proposed capacity of 1,070 megawatts. The project is...
The World Bank’s International Technical Workshops on Nam Theun 2: Civil Society Summary
In late August 2004, the World Bank launched its international “technical workshops” with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Nam Theun...
NGO Concerns on the Use of National Safeguard Systems in World Bank Projects
A Critique of the World Bank Paper, Issues in Using Country Systems in Bank Operations, August 23, 2004
Letter to the World Bank from North American NGOs Expressing Concerns about NT2
As the World Bank conducts a “technical workshop” in Washington, DC on the proposed Nam Theun 2 project in Laos,...
Nam Theun 2 Technical Workshops
Controversial Lao Dam Not Suitable for World Bank Support The World Bank is poised to consider a controversial dam in...