When it Rains, Use an Umbrella : Lessons in High-Risk Infrastructure Communications from the Bujagali Hydropower Project

When it Rains, Use an Umbrella : Lessons in High-Risk Infrastructure Communications from the Bujagali Hydropower Project

When Uganda's Bujagali Hydropower Project was revived in preparation for a December 2007 Board approval, the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) were faced with a new pot...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Walsh, Christopher
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY
APPROACH
BOARD MEMBERS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLINICS
COMPANY
CONFIDENCE
CORPORATION
DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
DIESEL
ENERGY SUPPLY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HOSPITALS
HYDROELECTRIC PLANT
HYDROPOWER
INCORPORATED
LIMITED
MANAGERS
MEDIA
PARTNERSHIP
POWER GENERATORS
POWER PLANTS
POWER PROJECT
POWER SHORTAGES
REGULATORY AGENCY
SPONSOR
STAKEHOLDERS
TRANSPARENCY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/02/14831587/rains-use-umbrella-lessons-high-risk-infrastructure-communications-bujagali-hydropower-project
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10454
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Summary:When Uganda's Bujagali Hydropower Project was revived in preparation for a December 2007 Board approval, the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC), and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) were faced with a new potential wave of criticism from civil society, the media, and even member governments, in spite of the fact that the project had meticulously followed World Bank Group economic, environmental, and social safeguard policies. This smart lesson describes how active communications, openness, inclusion, and confidence helped address critics of the project and spark the beginning of the end of the East African country's chronic blackouts.

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