By Eurasianet The World Bank is under fire over allegations of impropriety in financing the Rogun Dam project in Tajikistan.

The World Bank faces accusations of failing to properly assess environmental and socio-economic impacts of the Rogun Dam project in Tajikistan, leading to a formal complaint and calls for an ...

The Rogun Dam is being built in Tajikistan, one of the poorest countries in Asia and the poorest in central Asia. The International Fund For Agricultural Development (IFAD) puts the country's ...

Tajik leader Emomali Rahmon and his son and heir apparent Rustam Emomali at an opening event on April 10. A suit against Rahmon’s administration was filed with the International Criminal Court, and ...

Tajikistan’s decision to build the Rogun plant in the Pamir Mountains with a capacity of 3,600 MW and a 335-meter dam, the highest in the world, antagonized some of the countries in the region ...

The Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, set to be the world's tallest, could reshape Central Asia’s energy landscape. And with the Ukraine war shifting geopolitics in the region, Tajikistan is gaining ...

Everyone agrees water is a growing problem in the region, but the states of Central Asia can’t agree on what to do. For all the questions about the SCO’s purpose, it has brought at least one ...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, March 17. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has decided to initiate the process of appraising the Rogun hydropower ... upon culmination, the dam will achieve the zenith ...

Tajikistan is interested in attracting European investments and technologies for the implementation of energy projects, including the construction of the Rogun hydropower plant (HPP) and the ...