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Home > Uganda: World Bank Inflated Costs of Karuma Hydropower

Contributor [1]
Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Corruption [2]
Issue Number: 
137 [3]
Article-Summary: 

A proposed hydropower project at Karuma falls was inflated by $200 million. Norpak, a Norwegian company, is developing the Karuma project. Karuma is competing with Bujagali for World Bank's approval. Subsequently, the World Bank lined up Bujagali - which is now dogged by bribery allegations.

Category: 
Governance [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/corruption/19104 [5]
Country: 
Uganda [6]

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