Africa's mega-dams have not delivered the rapid development the World Bank and other foreign sponsors promised. Their benefits are concentrated on extractive industries and the urban middle class, leaving out the majority rural poor. Alternative solutions that do not sacrifice one group of people for the benefit of another are available
During this year's World Water Week, experts from around the world convened in Stockholm where King Carl Gustav presented the city's Water Prize to John Briscoe, a Harvard professor and former water manager at the World Bank.
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