How to aid destruction
I worked as environmental adviser for the World Bank Group, headquartered in Washington, for 23 years. I joined because I believed the bank wanted to improve the lot of the poor and conserve the environment. Before going to Washington I did an environmental study for the government of Tucurui, the first big dam in Amazonia. A vast part of the forest was flooded, so I saw at first hand the huge environmental and social cost of misguided development projects.
The bank knew how impassioned I was but hired me none the less. I thought I would work with colleagues to prevent blunders in the future.… Seguir leyendo »