Despite a preponderance of data on the high level of financial and environmental risks, the World Bank has opted to become a major financial backer of the Rogun hydropower dam project in Tajikistan, ...
Tajikistan has officially started the construction of the Rogun Dam, a massive project that, if completed, would be the world's tallest and should give the Central Asian nation a stable energy supply.
When Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov unleashed the notion of a resource war four years ago, heads turned internationally. Discussing the region’s ongoing water disputes, Karimov noted that “all ...
Tajikistan’s minister of energy and water resources, Usmonali Usmonzoda, reportedly said in late July that Uzbekistan no longer had objections to the planned Rogun hydropower project upriver in ...
The World Bank and other international financial institutions are funding the Rogun Dam project in Tajikistan despite environmental concerns and escalating costs. The dam's potential for ...
Building the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan to its maximum projected height and specifications would be an economic disaster for Central Asia’s poorest nation, and an environmental nightmare for the entire ...
Building the Rogun Dam to its maximum height would be an economic and environmental disaster for Tajikistan and the region. A mix of renewable energy sources and a smaller Rogun Dam would be a more ...
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon should reevaluate his commitment to the controversial Rogun Dam construction and explore other ways to revamp the country's energy sector, Eli Keene, program coordinator ...
The final reports which reflect the consultations can be found at the Final Disclosure page. Q&A with Saroj Jha on the Rogun Assessment Studies and Consultation Process (July 21, 2014) The World Bank ...
Tajikistan has immense untapped hydropower potential (file photo) (OSCE) August 30, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Tajikistan has canceled a contract with Russian aluminum giant RusAl for the construction of a ...
DUSHANBE, November 16, 2018 – Cyril Muller, World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, has attended today’s launch ceremony of Rogun dam’s first turbine – an important milestone for the ...
ON A bluff above the river Vakhsh, Rogun’s ramshackle square boasts at least four billboards featuring Tajikistan’s president, Emomali Rakhmon, and his aphorisms, such as “Rogun is the bright future ...
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