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The World Bank’s Conflicted Corruption Fight
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has called corruption the single most important obstacle to development and has ratcheted up the...
What’s Wrong with the World Bank’s Approach to Resettlement?
Lots, Says Longtime Resettlement Expert and Former WCD Commissioner The following is an excerpt from the new book The Future...
Harnessing Wild Rivers: Who Pays the Price?
Since World War II some 45,000 large dams have been built, generating an estimated 20 percent of the world’s electricity...
Big Hydro Hides its Role in Global Warming
A bitter debate has broken out in the scientific community over hydropower’s contribution to global warming. A leading Brazil-based climate...
River Dolphins: Can They Be Saved?
River dolphins are small, aquatic mammals which belong to the order Cetacea. Scientists today classify river dolphins as endangered species...