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Dams and Development E-Paper Contents

p. 68 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 VII. Dam safety and sustainability VIII. Existing projects IX. Improving governance X. What other organizations say XI. ADB, Dams, and Development ADB’s policy framework ADB follow-up to the World Commission on Dams ADB’s information base on dams Recommended areas for policy dialogue XII. References Contact Us

ADB, Dams and Development

ADB's portfolio in the period 1970 to mid-2005 included 65 projects with dams (large and small). Currently the pipeline includes an average of one to two dam projects per year.

A set of safeguard and sectoral policies provides the framework within which such projects are implemented. A continually changing environment requires that such policies need to be interpreted in line with emerging good practice.

This section provides links to the ADB's existing policy framework, its response to recent initiatives such as the World Commission on Dams, an information base on past and current projects with dam components and suggestions for areas where further policy dialogue is required as part of the process of policy review:

• ADB's policy framework
• ADB follow-up to the World Commission on Dams
• Information base on ADB's dam projects
• Recommended areas for policy dialogue

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