And what is your assessment of the reality? --- Are CSOs right in some of their claims about misuse of FDI and a need for greater accountability?....I do not suggest that CSOs are right all the time. Some of you, with long memories may recall a great deal of drama over the Narmada Hydro Project in Gujarat (my home state). Thanks to their pressure, the World Bank ended its funding -- happily that only represented some 15% of the project.....The main point is that it has been a great success, bringing water to a region that has no other river source, and depended entirely on the Monsoon. Now in poor rainfall years, it provides drinking water to millions. And has led to the greening of vast regions.

Source author: Kishan S Rana kishanrana@gmail.com