Lok Sabha -- World Commission on Dams.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-29 November 2000-Indian Government: Lok Sabha -- World Commission on Dams (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29112000 Report of the World Commission on Dams (WCD) has attempted global assessment of dams and its effectiveness. While the WCD has been funded by the World Bank, its mandate does not include review of demands for funds from the World Bank for setting up different dams.

The WCD in its Report has inter-alia observed that (i) Large dams built to deliver hydropower tend to perform close to but still below targets for power generation generally meet their financial targets but demonstrate varibale economic performance relative to targets, and include a number of notable under the over-performers, (ii) large dams designed...

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