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Dammed Dams: Prioritising Long-Term Gain or Short-Term Completion

Dammed Dams: Prioritising Long-Term Gain or Short-Term Completion

Apr 17, 2019 | comment, Politics and governance

By Barnaby Dye The movement for dam reforms in the 1990s generated more detailed methodologies in assessing environmental and social impacts. They also advocated reform in the contracting process whereby the credentials of the prospective companies are considered with...
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