Opinion: Foreign aid under Trump's 'America-first' doctrine: While policy details are thin, President-elect Donald Trump’s likely views on foreign aid and development assistance can be summed up in two words: America first. Alex Thier, incoming executive director of the Overseas Development Institute and former USAID official discusses what this might look like in this commentary.
Peter Bosshard 08.06.2016 Construction of Congo's Inga dam stumbles over stark environmental concerns, says Peter Bosshard President Joseph Kabila visits the Three Gorges Dam in September 2015. Chinese contractors are behind the Inga 3 Dam in Congo. (Image by DRC government) The Inga 3 Dam , on the Congo River, is the first stage of a plan to build the world’s largest hydropower complex, the 40,000 MW Grand Inga Dam. Even though more than 90% of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) population has no access to electricity, the project will primarily generate power for mining companies and export markets, such as South Africa. The World Bank and the World Energy Council have presented the Inga 3 Dam as a “dream for Africa”, and a model for the lessons learned from past mega projects. But the hydropower project on the Congo is unravelling into a political ploy that shows a disregard fo...
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