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    <title>BIC Updates: Highway Improvements between Georgetown and Albina</title>
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    <description>The latest news on the Highway Improvements between Georgetown and Albina from the Bank Information Center</description>
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      <title>Norway-Guyana forest aid slated for investment in hydro dam</title>
      <description>The government of Guyana plans to spend most of the Norwegian forest climate aid it will receive during 2010-11 on the Amaila Falls hydropower project, a dam to be built deep in the Amazon rainforest. Norwegian officials insist this is not a done deal, but President Bharrat Jagdeo has staked much personal prestige in the decades-old project. </description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IDB hasn’t made decision yet on Amaila hydro feasibility</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:30:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Synergy granted tax waiver on shipments for Amaila road works</title>
      <description>Synergy Holdings Inc., the company constructing the Amaila Falls hydropower project access road, benefited from a government-approved waiver on taxes on its recent shipment of equipment, a well-placed source said.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:27:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ignorance on the Periphery</title>
      <description>The indigenous people of the Guianas are largely ignorant of their governments’ intentions for the environment and of their inalienable rights. They want to know more about matters that affect their land and their livelihood.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11226.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:34:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Guiana Shield Meeting Recap</title>
      <description>The recent April meeting among indigenous leaders of the Guiana Shield revealed their concerns about the IIRSA project and the lack of clarity around REDD and climate change. The indigenous leaders and their political counterparts agreed that there would be more participation and joint decision-making processes in the future about topics affecting the indigenous groups' land.</description>
      <link>http://www.bicusa.org/en/Article.11173.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 14:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IDB finances Meerzog-Albina highway in Suriname</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:29:19 GMT</pubDate>
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