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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, Sandra Postel, Carmen Revenga, Thayer Scudder, Bernhard Lehner, Allegra Churchill, Morgan Chow   +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 Africa
The 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, Munyaradzi Chitakira   +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, Kirsten Nyman, Richard Twum   +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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Initiatives in the Hydro Sector Post-World Commission on Dams – The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum

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, Geir Yngve Hermansen, Gudni A. Johannesson, Yu Xuezhong, Israel Phiri, David Harrison, Joerg Hartmann, Michael Simon, Donal O’Leary, Courtney Lowrance, Daryl Fields, André Abadie, Refaat Abdel-Malek, Andrew Scanlon, Zhou Shichun, Kirsten Nyman   +15 more
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Viewpoint – Overreach and Response: The Politics of the WCD and its Aftermath

Water Alternatives, 2010
This essay recounts the story of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) from the perspective of a former World Bank official who is often credited with first creating and then destroying the WCD.
John Briscoe
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The Dam Industry, the World Commission on Dams and the HSAF Process

Water Alternatives, 2010
Most actors of the global dam industry primarily operate within their national borders, and are either controlled by or do most of their business with the state.
Peter Bosshard
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Participation with a Punch: Community Referenda on Dam Projects and the Right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent to Development

Water Alternatives, 2010
The 2000 Report of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) found that dams can threaten the resources that provide the basis for indigenous and other peoples’ culture, religion, subsistence, social and family structure – and their very existence, through ...
Brant McGee
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Chixoy Dam Legacies: The Struggle to Secure Reparation and the Right to Remedy in Guatemala

Water Alternatives, 2010
The World Commission on Dams brought global attention to the adverse costs of large dam development, including the disproportionate displacement of indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities and the extreme impoverishment of development refugees.
Barbara Rose Johnston
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Nepal’s Constructive Dialogue on Dams and Development

Water Alternatives, 2010
This paper describes a consultation process that took place in Nepal from January 2003 to July 2004 involving dam builders, dam managers and dam critics.
Ajaya Dixit, Dipak Gyawali
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