Despite government hopes that World Bank advice and loans fuel national development, the strategy seems not to be working. Analysis of economic, social and environmental impacts of hydropower development in Laos The Fine Art of Selling a Dam Lori Pottinger, World Rivers Review, December 1996. Greenwashing and PR are used to 'sell' dam projects to the people who pay. The World Bank and other international organizations have become jittery about the benefits of infrastructure privatization under structural adjustment.
Costs appear to be outstripping benefits.
19 corporate and individuals were being prosecuted in the Lesotho courts against for bribing a top official to gain project contracts. The World Bank's Involvement in the Pak Mun Dam, Thailand, which has displaced people and disrupted fisheries Lithuanian Ministry opposes project financed from the World Bank Program Airport reconstruction is being financed by a World Bank Structural Adjustment loan. No WB EIA procedures has been applied, because the WB is not directly involved in distribution of funds. The airport would cause serious damage to a sensitive environment located on the shore of Curonian lagoon surrounded by unique coastal meadows abundant in protected plants and birds. In contrast to avowed goals, the money helped the local energy company to strengthen its monopolistic position.