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Epupa Meeting Delayed
A long–delayed meeting between Namibia and Angola to decide the fate of the Epupa hydropower project, scheduled for early July,...
Business as Usual Will Not Achieve Climate and Development Goals
A Critique of the World Bank Paper, Clean Energy and Development: Towards an Investment Framework Prepared for the Development Committee...
Will the Terminator Reduce Poverty?
A Critique of the World Bank’s Progress Report on Infrastructure Introduction In July 2003, the World Bank launched an Infrastructure...
OECD Governments Grant Export Subsidies for Dams: A Trojan Horse for Environmental Destruction, NGOs Say
On September 6–7, the OECD governments are expected to take a decision on whether to allow special financial terms to...
Civil Society Demands Corruption Out of Inga, Local Benefits In
Johannesburg Declaration of the Civil Society to the International Round Table on the Hydroelectric Development of the Inga Dam Site...
The WCD Framework and Investment in Large Dams
In May 2005, HSBC was the first private bank to adopt the decision–making framework of the World Commission on Dams....
NGOs Warn of "Environmental Money Laundering"
Six large international banks are currently arranging a $1 billion bond for China Exim Bank, the world’s third largest export...
Western Banks Financing China’s Export Import Bank: A Case of Environmental Money Laundering
Executive Summary Representatives of Western banks and export credit agencies frequently argue that their environmental policies are being undercut by...