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https://dialogue.earth/content/uploads/2016/06/Baglihar-ICIMOD.jpg1020677A new global study on the effects of hydropower dams on conflict, poverty, economic growth, debt and environmental effects finds that beneficiaries are far away, while those who lived near the projects suffer the most