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...revenue over a period of 25 years?money the government has promised it will use to pull its people out of poverty. That makes it a gamble the World Bank thinks is worth taking. "If revenues are channeled in the way we have agreed with the government," says Ian Porter, World Bank country director for Laos, "then we have every confidence they will have an impact [on eradicating poverty...
...World Bank officials acknowledge that the project carries considerable risks, but they believe they've made them manageable. Underpinning their faith, says Porter, is a slew of economic reports and social and environmental impact studies they demanded of developers?all of which have been made available for public scrutiny. The Bank believes there are enough safeguards and mitigation measures now in place to minimize the impact of the dam and insists it has extracted guarantees from the Laos government that revenue will be used to reduce poverty...
...damage." Goldston, 61, has worked on seven dam projects in Australia, Cambodia and the Philippines, dating back to 1966. "We did some terrible things during that time, no doubt about it," Goldston says. "But times have changed, so we have had to change, too." The World Bank's Porter agrees: "We have learned our lessons from the past...
DIED. BOBBY SHORT, 80, boyishly exuberant cabaret performer who became a symbol of Manhattan sophistication, drawing glitterati from Woody Allen (who featured Short in two movies) to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; in New York City. With a repertoire that included raspy celebrations of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller, Short began his career at age 11 as the Miniature King of Swing and was a fixture at New York City's Carlyle Hotel for 36 years. After attempting to retire from that job last year, he planned to make this season his last...
Dunster House Masters Roger and Ann Porter made the rounds, greeting any freshmen sporting their House t-shirts, with Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck doing the same...