The World Commission on Dams (WCD) report (2000) Dams and
Development: A New Framework for Decision-Making set a landmark in
the ongoing controversy over large dams. Now that more than ten
years have passed, one has to realize that the WCD norms matter.
However, their real chance of becoming implemented relies on
whether their core values, strategic priorities and guidelines are
accepted by national decision-makers and are translated into
official policies and practices. The book s major concern is
whether the big hydropower states have improved their standards for
environment and resettlement, and whether international standards
are applied or exist only on paper.
The introductory and synthesis chapters present the
methodological approach and discuss the findings. Other chapters
analyze changes in dam policies in the big hydropower states
Brazil, China, India and Turkey; the role of non-governmental
organizations in advocating against the Turkish Ilisu Dam project
on the Tigris River; the strategies of International Rivers and
World Wildlife Fund for Nature in the global hydropower game; the
policies of the German government and its positioning in the dam
debate, and the engagement of Chinese actors in building the Bui
Dam (Ghana) and the Kamchay Dam (Cambodia).
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