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In the wake of an acrimonious debate on big dams, the World Bank brokered a global agreement on financing as well as on the sharing of the rewards and risks of the controversial Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project in Lao PDR. Through this process, it prepared the project for the country and the country for the project. This book describes how careful management, effective communications, and technical expertise helped to reach consensus and nurtured private-public partnerships, engaged stakeholders, strengthened the country's development framework and poverty reduction efforts, and addressed the

Hydroelectric power plants --- Economic development projects --- Development projects, Economic --- Projects, Economic development --- Power plants, Hydroelectric --- Water-power electric plants --- Economic assistance --- Technical assistance --- Power-plants --- Electric power production --- Water-power --- Water resources development

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"Universities and economic development in Africa presents the synthesisesand key findings of eight African countries and universities. The analysis and discussions presented in the book draw the following three main conclusions: 1. There is a lack of clarity and agreement (pact) about a development model and the role of higher education in development, at both national and institutional levels. There is, however, an increasing awareness, particularly at government level, of the importance of universities in the global context of the knowledge economy. 2. Research production at the eight African universities is not strong enough to enable them to build on their traditional undergraduate teaching roles and make a sustained contribution to development via new knowledge production. A number of universities have manageable student-staff ratios and adequately qualifi ed staff, but inadequate funds for staff to engage in research. In addition, the incentive regimes do not support knowledge production. 3. In none of the countries in the sample is there a coordinated effort between government, external stakeholders and the university to systematically strengthen the contribution that the university can make to development. While at each of the universities there are exemplary development projects that connect strongly to external stakeholders and strengthen the academic core, the challenge is how to increase the number of these projects. The project on which this report is based forms part of a larger study on Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa, undertaken by the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). HERANA is coordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa"--Back cover.

Business & Economics --- Economic Theory --- Economic development --- Universities and colleges --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Educational planning --- Economic development projects --- Education, Higher --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- College students --- Higher education --- Postsecondary education --- Development projects, Economic --- Projects, Economic development --- Economic assistance --- Technical assistance --- Education --- Planning --- Planning. --- Economic aspects --- Effect of education on

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For decades, policy-makers in government, development banks and foundations, NGOs, researchers and students have struggled with the problem of how to protect people who are displaced from their homes and livelihoods by development projects. This book addresses these concerns and explores how debates often become deadlocked between 'managerial' and 'movementist' perspectives. Using development ethics to determine the rights and responsibilities of various stakeholders, the authors find that displaced people must be empowered so as to share equitably in benefits rather than being victimized. They propose a governance model for development projects that would transform conflict over displacement into a more manageable collective bargaining process and would empower displaced people to achieve equitable results. Their book will be valuable for readers in a wide range of fields including ethics, development studies, politics and international relations as well as policy making, project management and community development.

Social geography --- Developing countries --- Economic development projects --- Internally displaced persons. --- Internally displaced persons --- Displaced persons, Internally --- IDPs (Internally displaced persons) --- Internally displaced people --- Internally displaced populations --- Refugees --- Development projects, Economic --- Projects, Economic development --- Economic assistance --- Technical assistance --- Social aspects. --- Relocation. --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy