Dec 11, 2018 | Finance, News, Research, Social impacts
By Judith Plummer Braeckman (CISL) and Jamie Skinner (IIED) Large hydropower projects can cost more than a billion dollars to build. For the private sector, to whom Governments are increasingly turning for infrastructure finance, this represents a significant...
Dec 5, 2018 | News, Water resources
This autumn at UNESCO in Paris the International Hydropower Association held a meeting entitled ‘Improving decision-making for hydropower’. FutureDAMS Research Director Julien Harou was an invited speaker and gave the following 10 minute presentation on the...
Nov 8, 2018 | News, The Volta river basin and Ghana
By Barnaby Dye, FutureDAMS Research Associate FutureDAMS held its annual conference in Accra, Ghana a couple of weeks ago. This was an exciting opportunity to meet our colleagues from across the world and particularly in Ghana. With a vibrant and well-established...
Sep 6, 2018 | News, Uncategorised
FutureDAMS was well represented at a recent panel at the Development Studies Association annual conference, at the University of Manchester in June. Convened by Filippo Menga, a recent addition to our advisory board, the panel examined different approach to benefit...
May 8, 2018 | News, Social impacts
Jamie Skinner, FutureDAMS capacity director and researcher at IIED, features prominently in a new BBC World documentary looking at the big issues concerning dams around the world. He outlines the importance of making informed choices throughout the life of a dam, from...
