Manwan Dam Social Impact Assessment

By: 
Yu Xiagang, Jia Jiquo
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 2002

This paper outlines the findings of a social impact assessment conducted for people displaced by the Manwan Dam, the first dam to be built on the Upper Mekong. The SIA findings led the Yunnan Provincial government to allocate an additional $9.7 million in funds to resolve the problems facing the resettlers.