Dams as Aid is a critical analysis of the funding and building of dams in the developing world. Drawing on the experiences in the Nordic region, Usher explores the mechanisms through which international aid subsidizes dams to create new markets, and the environmental and political economy struggles therein. Case studies of dams in Chile, Tanzania, and Laos are explored in depth to provide a broad international comparative framework.
Author(s): Anne Usher
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 200
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 4
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
MAPS......Page 11
FOREWORD......Page 12
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 14
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15
Part I INTRODUCTION......Page 18
THREE PREMISES......Page 20
A NORDIC CASE STUDY......Page 23
WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 27
I FALLS DAY (1985)......Page 28
II POWER (1987)......Page 30
III THE JOKKMOKK SCHOOL (1987)......Page 33
REFERENCES......Page 35
Part II NORDIC DAMS......Page 36
3 MORATORIUM IN SWEDEN......Page 38
THE IMPACTS OF SWEDISH DAMS......Page 39
A BRIEF HISTORY......Page 42
VINDEL: A NEW KIND OF POLITICS......Page 44
THE RIVER SAVERS......Page 45
THE THREAT OF COLLAPSE......Page 48
PORJUS: THE PROTOTYPE......Page 50
THE SAMIS......Page 51
DESCENDANTS OF THE PIONEERS......Page 52
PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE LOSSES......Page 54
THE POST-INDUSTRIAL HANGOVER......Page 56
5 THE LAST BIG DAM IN NORWAY......Page 58
THE SAMIS OF NORWAY......Page 59
THE FIRST PHASE OF RESISTANCE......Page 60
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE VERSUS STATE POWER......Page 61
THE IMPACTS OF ALTA......Page 64
LESSONS FROM THE STRUGGLE......Page 67
ECHOES FROM THE PAST: RESISTANCE TO FASCISM AND DAMS......Page 70
EPILOGUE......Page 71
REFERENCES......Page 72
Part III NORDIC DAM BUILDERS IN THE SOUTH......Page 74
6 THE MECHANISM OF ‘PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM’......Page 76
‘PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM’ DEFINED......Page 77
THE DISCOURSE......Page 79
THE PLAYERS......Page 81
CONSULTANTS: THE GREY ZONE......Page 84
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN THEORY AND PRACTICE......Page 86
SIDA’S EXISTENTIAL CRISIS......Page 89
REFERENCES......Page 91
7 VATTENFALL ABROAD......Page 94
THE THEUN HINBOUN DAM......Page 96
MEKONG RIVER POLITICS......Page 99
NORDIC CONNECTIONS WITH THEUN HINBOUN......Page 102
DAM BUILDING IN LAOS: THE BOOT ERA......Page 104
THEUN HINBOUN’S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW......Page 106
MORE WATER, MORE FISH: PAK MUN REVISITED......Page 111
WHOSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER?......Page 115
Gráinne Ryder......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 118
Periodicals......Page 120
8 PANGANI DAM VERSUS THE PEOPLE......Page 122
WATER CONFLICTS IN THE PANGANI VALLEY......Page 123
THE NORDIC SOLUTION......Page 126
THE FURROW SYSTEMS OF THE PANGANI BASIN......Page 127
THE CRISIS IN STATE WATER MANAGEMENT......Page 130
TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC WATER-BASIN MANAGEMENT REGIME......Page 132
THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT......Page 133
REFERENCES......Page 134
9 PANGANI POWER STRUGGLE......Page 136
NORDIC CONTRACTS FOR PANGANI......Page 137
TRADITIONAL IRRIGATION IN THE BASIN: THE CONSULTANTS’ OBSERVATIONS......Page 141
UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT WATER AVAILABILITY......Page 143
‘INTERNAL POLITICAL MATTERS’......Page 145
THE DONORS’ HARD LINE......Page 147
REFERENCES......Page 148
SWITCHING SIDES......Page 150
SEE NO RALCO, SPEAK NO RALCO......Page 153
SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RUBBER STAMP......Page 155
SECURING NORWEGIAN INTERESTS......Page 157
HOW TO GET AROUND OECD REGULATIONS......Page 161
MANAGING THE FALLOUT......Page 163
EDITOR’S NOTE......Page 168
REFERENCES......Page 169
11 IN DEFENCE OF THE BIOBÍO RIVER......Page 170
LIFEBLOOD OF A REGION......Page 173
PANGUE, RALCO AND THE FATE OF THE PEHUENCHE......Page 176
ON ENVIRONMENTAL AID......Page 178
THE RECIPIENT OF NORDIC AID......Page 180
CHILE’S ‘DEVELOPMENT’......Page 182
TO THE HEART OF THE BEAST AND BEYOND......Page 184
REFERENCES......Page 186
INDEX......Page 188
