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Background to the Thematic Reviews:
• Summary of the review process
• Overview of the review process

The Reviews:

Please note: The terms of reference (scoping papers) were agreed upon by the Commissioners to lay out the scope of work for each thematic review, and are available here in HTML (web page) format

There are three stages in the preparation of each thematic review:
1. Draft in preparation
2. Review draft circulated for comment
3. Draft Final Report

Completed reviews will be posted here as they become available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format Acrobat PDF.

Contributing Papers to the Reviews can be downloaded from this page.

Social

I.1 Social Impacts of Large Dams Equity and Distributional Issues

• Terms of Reference - Aug 99
• PDF> Draft Final Report - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (70k)
• PDF> Review Draft - April 2000 (252k)
• PDF> Review Draft Annex A : The Downstream Impact of Large Dams - Jan 2000 (136k)
• PDF> Review Draft Annex B : A Perspective Paper on Gender and Large Dams - March 2000 (305k)

I.2 Dams, Indigenous People and vulnerable ethnic minorities

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Draft Final Report - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (23k)
• PDF> Draft Final Report - Mar 2000 (551k)

I.3 Displacement, Resettlement, rehabilitation, reparation and development

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Draft Final Report - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (29k)
• PDF> Draft Final Report - Mar 2000 (337k)

Environment

II.1 Dams, ecosystem functions and environmental restoration

• Terms of Reference - July 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (58k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Mar 2000 (858k)

II.2 Dams and global change:

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Feb 2000 (45k)

Main Report:
Part 1: Introduction to global climate change

• PDF> Final Draft - Nov 1999 (123k)
Part 2: Reservoirs and greenhouse gas emissions
• PDF> Final Draft - March 2000 (632k)
Part 3: Implications of climate change for dams
• PDF> Final Draft - June 2000 (1,504k)
• Or PDF> Part 3 with high resolution graphics - June 2000 (6,639k)

Report on the Montreal workshop, February 24/25 2000:
• PDF> Dam Reservoirs and Greenhouse Gases - (85k)

Economic

III.1 Economic, financial and distributional analysis

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• Version 3 - Work in Progress Contents and list of downloadable PDF sections July 2000
• PDF> Version 3 - Reviewed draft - Executive Summary - Apr 2000 (90k)
• PDF> Version 1 - Draft - July 1999 (471k)
• PDF> Version 2 - Reviewed Draft - Nov 1999 (461k)

III.2 International Trends in Project Financing

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Review Draft - May 2000 (497k)

Options Assessment

IV.1 Assessment of Electricity supply and Demand Management Options

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (197k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Main Report - Mar 2000 (1,575k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Annexes - Mar 2000 (1,501k)

IV.2 Assessment of Irrigation Options

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Final Draft - July 2000 (1.65Mb)

IV.3 Assessment of Water Supply Options

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Final Draft - July 2000 (762k)

IV.4 Assessment of Flood Control and Management Options

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Final Draft - July 2000 (755k)

IV.5 Operation, Monitoring and Decommissioning of Dams

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (66k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Mar 2000 (761k)

Institutional Processes

V.1 Planning approaches

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (115k)

V.2 Environmental and Social Assessment for large dams

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Feb 2000 (25k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Feb 2000 (423k)

V.3 River basins-institutional frameworks and management options

• Terms of Reference - May 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Jan 2000 (58k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Jan 2000 (467k)

V.4 Regulation, Compliance and Implementation Options

• Terms of Reference - Aug 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (60k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Mar 2000 (387k)

V.5 Consultation and Decision Making Processes

• Terms of Reference - Aug 99
• PDF> Review Draft - Executive Summary - Mar 2000 (31k)
• PDF> Review Draft - Mar 2000 (338k)

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