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Friday, May 4, 2007
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Monday, April 16, 2007
An article by Aviva Imhof in Bankwatch, published by the NGO Forum on the ADB, examines Nam Theun 2's failings and draws parallels to other ADB-funded dams in Laos: Theun-Hinboun, Nam Song...
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Article from Bangkok Post The urgent call to build new power plants is based on governmentelectric load forecasts that have a notorious track record ofoverestimating actual demand.Ten days...
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Monday, March 19, 2001
Newsweek, March 19, 2001, Atlantic EditionSECTION: ASIA; Pg. 26HEADLINE: Strangling the MekongBYLINE: By Ron Moreau and Richard Ernsberger Jr.; With reporting by Kevin Platt in Beijing...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Article from The Nation: A special Op-Editorial Pianporn Deetes is a campaigner for the Living River Siam-Southeast Asia Rivers Network. The Salween River is set to become a new source of...
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Sunday, January 14, 2007
PHNOM PENH, Jan 14 (IPS) - Chao Chantha, one of 10 community representatives from the north-eastern Cambodian province of Stung Treng became agitated as officials of the Electricity of...
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Saturday, January 13, 2007
Article from The Cambodia Daily The Sesan River in Ratanakkiri province has flooded and receded for several years due to upstream dams in Vietnam, and now the northeast's Srepok River...
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Friday, December 22, 2006
Opinion piece published in Bangkok's The Nation This week, Thailand's new energy minister, Dr Piyasvasti Amranand signed an agreement to buy up to 5,000 megawatts (MW) of hydropower...
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Saturday, November 11, 2006
Trouble is brewing in Vietnam's Son La province, threatening the social stability that has underpinned the country's recent rapid economic growth. A government scheme to compensate...
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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
I. INTRODUCTIONThe Mekong region is undergoing a rapid expansion of hydropower development on both the Mekong mainstream and tributaries. Hydropower development in the basin is proceeding...
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Sunday, October 1, 2006
Community-based research in Thailand, known as Thai Baan research, is reinventing the way that villagers and decision-makers perceive and value local knowledge and experience. Thai Baan...
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Monday, June 26, 2006
Article from IOL Pak Mun River, Thailand - Mekong fish don't jump. It was one of the many hard lessons learned at Thailand's Pak Mun Dam, a minnow as dams go, but it casts a long...
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Thursday, June 1, 2006
Since the World Bank's approval of the Nam Theun 2 project in March 2005, the Government of Laos has signed a spate of agreements with hydropower investors from neighboring countries in its...
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Saturday, April 1, 2006
The ADB is promoting the development of a ‘Mekong Power Grid' that, if implemented, would facilitate the construction of numerous hydropower schemes in the Mekong Region. Carl...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005
For too long, the World Bank has invested in grandiose projects that do little or nothing to help the poor. It’s time for its leaders to abandon the grand vision and embrace a down–to–earth...
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Thursday, March 31, 2005
World Bank support for Nam Theun 2 is justified only if the project will help to reduce poverty in Laos. Yet there are no guarantees that the revenue from Nam Theun 2 will be used for...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2005
David Blake, who was contracted by the Theun-Hinboun Power Company to review the company’s mitigation and compensation program, shares some of the review panel’s findings and his outlook on...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Project Documents Mask Flaws in World Bank Project A series of technical reviews by independent experts for the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Laos has revealed serious flaws in the...
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Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Over the last month, the World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) laid out their case for why the international community should support the Nam Theun 2 Dam in Laos. They argue the...
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Wednesday, December 1, 2004
By Peter Bosshard
Originally published in Foreign Eye column, Tehelka Magazine, December 2004
Most Indian visitors who step outside Zurich airport will be struck by how different...
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Monday, November 1, 2004
Nam Theun 2 is a hydropower project in Lao PDR with a proposed capacity of 1,070 megawatts. The project is currently the largest and most controversial hydropower project in the pipeline of...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Presented at the WCD Launch in Uganda I work with International Rivers Network, and was invited today to observe this gathering here in Uganda. International Rivers has been working for 20...
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Friday, October 1, 2004
In late August 2004, the World Bank launched its international "technical workshops" with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Nam Theun Power Corporation (NTPC) and the Government of Laos (...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2004
A Critique of the World Bank Paper, Issues in Using Country Systems in Bank Operations, August 23, 2004
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Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Controversial Lao Dam Not Suitable for World Bank Support The World Bank is poised to consider a controversial dam in Laos, despite the fact that the government’s capacity to...
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Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Opinion piece published in Bangkok's The Nation. Dave Hubbel Laos The Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project will double water levels in the Xe Bang Fai River in central Laos and destroy the...
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Wednesday, November 24, 2004
An Interview with NAPE by Terri Hathaway, International Rivers Background In several recent publications, including his recently published book The World’s Banker and an article in Foreign...
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Friday, November 5, 2004
Sebastian Mallaby, a columnist with the Washington Post, recently published a new book on the World Bank (The World’s Banker, Penguin Press, September 2004). In his book and in separate...
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Monday, May 17, 2004
A Critique of the World Bank’s New Middle Income Country Strategy
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