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Not giving a damn: private financiers and dam displacement

Not giving a damn: private financiers and dam displacement

Authors: Jason Stanley
Publisher: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

During the last fifty years, between 30 and 80 million people have lost their homes and livelihoods through dam construction. In the wake of fiscal crises and changing donor priorities governments are turning to the private sector to finance dam projects. New research warns that those displaced by dams could suffer even more as a result.