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...economic and developmental gains, which often failed to meet expectations. Assuming the World Bank approves funding for the project, Nam Theun 2 will be the first major new dam project the bank has supported in a decade. Opposition to the project has been fierce from international environmental NGOs, which say the dam will destroy the livelihoods of thousands and do untold damage to rivers and their fish populations, while offering no guarantee that the revenue will improve people's lives. "Laos has a track record of poorly-managed projects that create more poverty than they solve," says Aviva Imhof, campaign...
Curran worked alongside several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to devise recovery strategies for more than 20 villages in Banda Aceh—the closest inhabited land to the epicenter of the 9.0-magnitude earthquake that triggered the devastating wave...
...involved in ground-level management,” which he had not done in several years, he said. “The second was to work on coordinating mechanisms for NGOs on the ground...
...bills Divestment Campaign,” but critical thinking may threaten Harvard’s fundraising. Harvard will never be the world’s neediest cause. With an endowment second only to the Catholic Church, Harvard can’t tug the heart strings like those NGOs out there feeding their employees on Ramen noodles and hope. Harvard does incredible things, but it also does things that most disagree with. When so many morally pure charities need money, why should we give to one of the world’s wealthiest institutions when we disagree with some...
...None of the East Timorese judges had any courtroom experience when they were appointed, and the fledgling judicial system has been plagued by delays and claims by ngos of poor decision-making. The President of the Court of Appeal, Claudio Ximenes, who, as president of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, announced the evaluation results on Jan. 25, says they didn't surprise him: he knew "from the cases coming to the Court of Appeal that they were not skilled...