963. Congo, Imboulou dam, 2007 On the building site of the Imboulou dam, Republic of the Congo, 200km north of the capital Brazzaville. The China National Mechanical & Equipment corporation (CMEC) company has obtained in 2001 the contract. With its 120 megawatts this power plant will double the national production of electricity and will give light to a large part of Congo. 400 Chinese technicians and qualified workers supervise a Congolese workforce of a thousand man, paid 3 dollars a day, that disappear as fast as they can find a better paid job. This, in part, explains the dam’s construction delay that has to be absolutely terminated by 2009, the year of the next Congo elections.