Tajikistan’s authoritarian government is building the world’s highest dam with World Bank financing. Critics say there may have been irregularities in the project. Tajikistan belongs to the World Bank voting constituency led by Switzerland. When completed, the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan is set to stand 335 metres high. It would be the world’s highest hydroelectric dam, and the government is presenting it as a national symbol. Tajikistan’s long-serving ruler, Emomali Rahmon, has even cast the projec