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p. 40 of 74 BACK | NEXT Home Page of Dams and Development Foreword I. Why an e-paper on dams and development? II. Assessing options III. Participatory processes IV. Social impacts V. Environmental impacts VI. Benefit distribution What benefits can be shared? Distribution analysis Secondary benefits What do ADB polices say? VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development XII. References Contact Us

What benefits can be shared?

Governments, industry and civil society recognize that a more equitable distribution of project benefits is an essential element of future projects. However the sources of benefit and the mechanisms to deliver them are highly context specific. For further information, see:

• World Bank - Benefit sharing report
• World Commission on Dams - project benefit-sharing mechanisms
• International Energy Agency - optimizing regional benefits
• Examples from
• Canada
• Norway
• Brazil
• Nepal
• Sierra Leone

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