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Foretelling the Mekong: Key Findings of the MRC’s Strategic Environmental Assessment on Mekong Mainstream Dams
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011
With 11 large hydropower dams proposed to block the Lower Mekong River’s mainstream, the future of the river lies at …
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Why Big Dams are the Wrong Response to Climate Change
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2011
. But these measures need to be based on a holistic understanding of sustainability. Large hydropower projects are not a … technologically mature, environmentally destructive and non-renewable forms of energy such as large hydropower. URL …
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Mekong Mainstream Dams: Threatening Southeast Asia's Food Security
eSocialSciences; International Rivers Network IRN - 2010
hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the …
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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - eSocialSciences - 2005
The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in developing countries, but little is known about their impact. This paper studies the productivity and distributional effects of large dams in India. To account for endogenous...
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The Lokpal Bill, 2010
IRIS, IRIS India - eSocialSciences - 2011
A bill to provide for the establishment of the institution of Lokpal to inquire into allegations of corruption aganist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002253
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Corruption Cases against Government Officials
Kumar, Rohit - eSocialSciences - 2011
The agitation led by Anna Hazare has focussed on the formation of a Lok Pal to address the issue of corruption. Some … data on the existing systems of identifying and prosecuting cases of corruption against public officials are presented. URL …: [http://www.prsindia.org/administrator/uploads/general/1302269425~~Vital%20Stats%20-%20Corruption%20cases%20against%20 …
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Tripura Budget 2011-12
Tripura, Government of - eSocialSciences - 2011
Budget speech of Finance Minister.
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Issues Related to the Lok Pal Bill
Sanyal, Kaushiki - eSocialSciences - 2011
tackle corruption, including examination of the proposal of a Lok Pal Bill. …
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Legislative Brief: The Lok Pal Bill, 2011
Sanyal, Kaushiki; Kalra, Harsimran - eSocialSciences - 2011
The Bill establishes a body called the Lok Pal. It provides a process for receiving corruption complaints against …
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Does Participatory Development Legitimise Collusion Mechanisms? Evidence from Karnataka Watershed Development Agency
Vadivelu, G. Ananda - eSocialSciences - 2011
often captured by local elites. This paper hypothesises that another possible source of corruption is collusion between …
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