25 March 2002
The World Bank plans to back a dam in Mazandaran province, Iran. The Bank will provide a loan of 80 million dollars for the ‘Alborz’ dam which is estimated to cost a total of 130 million. The dam on the Babol river is intended to irrigate 50,000 hectares of farmland when it becomes operational.
Source, Islamic Republic News Agency, March 4
New BWP research finds the Word Bank's approach to Paris alignment is being used to a significant extent to impose ‘green conditionalities' on borrowing countries, especially in the Global South.
Understanding the Bank’s chequered history with public, community and civil society participation is key for understanding what is at stake and what to do next.
