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Viewpoint – Reflections on the WCD as a Mechanism of Global Governance
Water Alternatives, 2010 The World Commission on Dams (WCD) has aroused debate as an innovation in global governance. I suggest that the WCD did, indeed, have many innovative features, but argue that processes such as the WCD are better suited to propagating norms than making ...
Navroz K. Dubash
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Viewpoint – The World Bank Versus the World Commission on Dams
Water Alternatives, 2010 The World Bank Group (WBG) has long resisted guidelines from reformers and the World Commission on Dams (WCD) requiring large dam projects to internalise the social and environmental costs of dam construction. Despite some progress, the Bank continues to
Robert Goodland
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The World Commission on Dams + 10: Revisiting the Large Dam Controversy
Water Alternatives, 2010 The World Commission on Dams (WCD) was an experiment in multi-stakeholder dialogue and global governance concerned with a subject area – large dams – that was fraught with conflict and controversy.
Deborah Moore, John Dore, Dipak Gyawali
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Water Alternatives, 2010 The guidelines proposed in the World Commission on Dams (WCD) final report were vehemently rejected by several Asian governments, and dam building has continued apace in most Asian countries. This reaction is in line with the simplistic dam debate, where
Ravi Baghel, Marcus Nüsser
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The Ilisu Dam in Turkey and the Role of Export Credit Agencies and NGO Networks
Water Alternatives, 2010 The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report focused attention on the question of how those displaced by large dams can be adequately compensated and properly resettled. An important debate from the Dams and Development Forum concerned the appropriate roles
Christine Eberlein +3 more
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Lost in Development’s Shadow: The Downstream Human Consequences of Dams
Water Alternatives, 2010 The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report documented a number of social and environmental problems observed in dam development projects. The WCD gave particular emphasis to the challenges of properly resettling populations physically displaced by dams ...
Brian D. Richter +6 more
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Social impacts of dams: Learning from lived experiences of Maphilingo community, Eswatini
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern AfricaThe World Commission on Dams (WCD) highlights the crucial issues of social impacts of dams on local communities and emphasises that these have been neglected in the quest for eradicating poverty through infrastructure development.
Dumile G. Nhlengethwa +1 more
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Viewpoint – The Role of the German Development Cooperation in Promoting Sustainable Hydropower
Water Alternatives, 2010 After long and intense discussions on the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams (WCD), large dams are back on the agenda of international finance institutions.
Cathleen Seeger +2 more
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The Changing Political Dynamics of Dam Building on the Mekong
Water Alternatives, 2010 This paper explores political dynamics surrounding dam building in the Mekong river basin, prior to, and following, the World Commission on Dams (WCD).
Philip Hirsch
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Water Alternatives, 2010 The World Commission on Dams (WCD) has called for developers, governments, civil society, etc. to use its Strategic Priorities as a starting point for dialogue and initiatives to address issues regarding the development of dams.
Helen Locher +15 more
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