The Social and Environmental Effects of Large Dams: A review of the literature |
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... Bank refers to the " small but very vocal group " of critics in the international community , who insist that cost benefit analyses on the basis of which large dams are justified , are highly biased - the economic costs being played ...
... Bank refers to the " small but very vocal group " of critics in the international community , who insist that cost benefit analyses on the basis of which large dams are justified , are highly biased - the economic costs being played ...
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... Bank's pronouncements an air of unreality . For instance , their policy regarding dis- placed landless one could ... Bank could possibly ensure that this would actually happen . Graham Searle's exercise is very telling . It pres- ents ...
... Bank's pronouncements an air of unreality . For instance , their policy regarding dis- placed landless one could ... Bank could possibly ensure that this would actually happen . Graham Searle's exercise is very telling . It pres- ents ...
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... Bank agreements and their entitlement to land should have been acknowledged 7 years ago . This has never been done and the Bank has done nothing about it . Nor has the Bank obtained from the govern- ment of Gujarat a definite ...
... Bank agreements and their entitlement to land should have been acknowledged 7 years ago . This has never been done and the Bank has done nothing about it . Nor has the Bank obtained from the govern- ment of Gujarat a definite ...
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