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Export credit agencies provide public credits and guarantees for private export contracts. Many export credit agencies play a major role as financiers of large dams. Many of these institutions do not adhere to internationally recognized social and environmental standards.
This site presents major reports and documents, and other news and updates about dam projects financed by export credit agencies. |
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Governments are about to grant export subsidies for hydropower projects that are financed by their export credit agencies. A new NGO report examines the experience with large dams that were financed with official export credits. Read the media advisory and the full report (in PDF format).
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09–02–05 |
NGOs call for JBIC, Japan’s export credit agency, to cancel financing for the San Roque Dam given the violations of Philippine law and OECD guidelines.
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09–12–02 |
NGOs also demand withdrawal from Filipino dam.
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03–05–99 |
Funding decided despite opposition of local government, residents and NGOs, incomplete Environmental Impact Assessment.
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11–09–98 |
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An Eca–watch report follows up their earlier report, A Race to the Bottom (published 1999, see below) with further case studies. (PDF)
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09–2003 |
A report by the Halifax Initiative.
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06–2003 |
A new publication from Rivers Watch East and Southeast Asia, International Rivers Network and Friends of the Earth Japan featuring case studies of six Japanese–funded dam projects at various stages of implementation.
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03–09–03 |
An eyewitness report documents serious human righs abuses in the Three Gorges Project.
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01–20–03 |
An Eca–watch report with case studies of projects financed by export credit agencies.
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03–1999 |
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