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 …

Dams are essential for water storage and hydropower generation, but change river flow patterns and endanger local … Cambodia, and Laos refrains from building some planned dams. Our results also hint that the 1995 Mekong agreement among …

dams are among the main sources for producing electricity and the largest renewable source for power generation throughout … 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 …