Letter

A letter signed from 20 NGOs to World Bank executive directors on the project’s outstanding problems. Franco Passacantando, Executive Director, World Bank Group Via Fax: 202–477–3735 Re: Bujagali Dam project, Uganda We are writing to you to express our concern about the Bujagali Dam project in Uganda, which is currently being considered for funding by the World Bank (IDA), the IFC, and possibly MIGA. We have been following developments related to this project very closely and have carefully evaluated its pros and cons as well as the concerns already conveyed by Ugandan

A sign–on letter urging the head of the IFC to evaluate the Bujagali Dam against WCD guidelines. Peter Woicke Executive Vice President International Finance Corporation 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20433 Rome, December 13, 2000 Re: Bujagali Dam project – Uganda Dear Mr. Woicke: We are writing to you to express our concern about the Bujagali dam project in Uganda, which is currently being considered for funding by the IFC. We have been very closely following developments related to this project and have carefully evaluated its pros and cons as well as the concerns already

Peter Woicke Executive Vice President International Finance Corporation 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20433 Dear Mr. Woicke: I read with interest the article about you in the October 8, 2000 edition of Business Week, in which you say that the proposed Bujagali Dam in Uganda will help the rural poor access electricity and reduce their need for fuelwood. The notion that the Bujagali project itself will lead to widespread rural electrification seems excessively optimistic, and is not supported by World Bank analysis. (Although the Power IV project includes extension of the grid t

To: Ron Anderson, International Finance Corporation (IFC) From: Stephen Linaweaver Copies to: Christian Wright (AES), Peter Woicke (IFC), Hiram Sivam and Karen Rasmussen (World Bank) Ron, I hope all is well. I understand that AES wrote the following, in its review of a recent case study on Bujagali written by International Rivers: "’6,000 people raft annually spending US$4m on activities not related to rafting.’ These figures defy empirical research and the account books shown to the Atkins EIA team by the rafting companies. The unrealistic 6,000 figure demands over 16 rafters daily each d

A recent letter to World Bank from coalition of 50 NGOs. From: ENGO–LOG C/O Box 29909, KAMPALA – UGANDA. To: Mr. Haran Sivan Investment Officer & Team Leader IFC 18 18 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 Fax (202) 9744307 Karen Rasmussen Principal Financial Analyst, World Bank Fax (202) 473–5123. Dear Sirs, Re: Our concerns about the Bujagali Project, Uganda We the undersigned represent a number of Ugandan NGOs and CBOs and would like to express our concerns to you about the Bujagali Project, which you are considering to finance. ENGO–LOG is a coalition o

Letter from Ugandan students to the IFC explaining their concerns about the Bujagali Dam project, and why they believe this is not the best option for their country. Respectfully submitted to the World Bank and IFC by: Asuman Basalirwa PRESIDENT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GUILD Yudaya Babirye CHAIRPERSON, ABASOGA NSETE (The Makerere University Association of Basoga Students) Francis Kidega PRESIDENT MAKERERE LAW SOCIETY We are concerned about the decision of government to shield the Bujagali Dam Project from informed and genuine participation of civil society. We would li

The following is a letter International Rivers sent to IFC consultants who are studying the hydropower potential of the Upper Nile. We commented specifically on one project in Uganda, the Bujagali Falls dam, a private project proposed by the US company AES. The IFC is a potential funder of the project. Clifford Brown Acres International Limited P.O. Box 1001 Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada L2E 6WI cbrown@niagarafalls.acres.com By Email and Post cc: Martyn Riddle International Finance Corporation Mary Clare Mervenne Overseas Private Investment Corporation Dear Mr. Brown

Dear Peter, Thank you (and Shannon) for your email and your article, which you also sent to other Bank colleagues who are on the International Rivers distribution lists (some of whom I am copying), and Mr. Wolfowitz. Since we last met, my role has shifted and I now divide my time as senior water advisor equally between Africa and South Asia. I (and other colleagues as appropriate) would be happy to discuss your views on the water sector in Pakistan, and any suggestions that you may have for ways in which we could help Pakistan more effectively. There are multiple views within and outside

International Rivers sent this letter to the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister in November 2005 in support of his governments' stance against large hydropower projects in the Northeast.

Letter from IRN to Theun-Hinboun Power Company (THPC) General Manager, Alex Sanford, raising concerns about flooding impacts from the Theun-Hinboun dam, and the company's failure to provide adequate compensation and mitigation measures for fisheries losses and to affected villagers along the Nam Kading. Questions about the planned Theun-Hinboun Extension Project, which is likely to exacerbate these impacts, are also posed.