The dams debate is simple because behind the array of facts and figures, of economic statistics and engineering … not only go a long way towards responding to the controversy surrounding dams, but would markedly improve decision …-making on water and energy resources, achieving better outcomes. In identifying these principles, the World Commission on Dams …

companies and the developers of destructive dams and fossil fuel projects. A rapidly growing industry of carbon brokers and …

The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in … large dams in India. To account for endogenous placement of dams we use GIS data and the fact that river gradient affects a … district's suitability for dams to provide instrumental variable estimates of their impact. We find that, in a district where a …

On November 28, 2003, roughly 300 grassroots activists, people affected by large dams and representatives from NGOs … gathered in a small village in Rasi Salai district in Northeast Thailand. They met for a five-day conference on large dams … strong grassroots movements of people directly affected by dams. Participants from 62 countries listened to reports on the …