This paper assesses the economic benefits of 57 World Bank Group-sponsored hydropower dam plant investments. Hydropower … the world. Hydropower dams are often a lower-cost option for power generation in Clean Energy Transition for addressing … global climate change. Despite its conspicuous aspects, constructing hydropower dams has been controversial. Considering the …

This study is an attempt to determine whether the need to get hydropower project appraisals perfectly right during the … Hiding Hand dominates the Malevolent Hiding Hand in the selected World Bank-financed hydropower projects (33% v. 21%) and … placing some weight on proceeding with hydropower projects that shows significant promise even if all the implantation risks …

The Himalayan Rivers have an enormous hydropower potential that is still not exploited fully for the benefit of the …

The effects of the climate crisis are worsening water shortages, not only in the Global South but also in Europe, for … regulatory instruments, water overuse is occurring in some regions of Germany. Overuse is especially an issue for industry, which … has contractually secured high volumes of water withdrawals at very low cost. In addition, there is extensive water …