Friday, December 10, 2021

Assessing Chinese Hydropower Projects in Ghana and Cambodia

 The South African Institute of International Affairs published on 7 December 2021 a policy brief titled "China-driven Hydropower: Lessons from Ghana and Cambodia" by Bradley Murg, Cobus van Staden, and Wang Duanyong.  

This paper compares Chinese hydropower dams in Ghana and Cambodia.  While they provided significant non-polluting energy, there were also massive environmental and socioeconomic impacts.