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Analysis of Project 41924 - 014 : Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project , Lao PDR
Analyzes a foreign investment into a Lao hydro power project, and its impact on local population. Provides recommendations on conducting environmental impact studies and...
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Lao Economic Monitor Challenges in promoting more inclusive growth and shared prosperity
Similar to the last decade, the resource sectors ( hydropower and extractives ) continued to make an important contribution to growth.
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Hydropower sector review for the Joint Basin planning process
The Basin Development Plan Phase 2 (BDP2) is designed to provide an integrated basin perspective through the participatory development of a rolling Integrated Water Resources...
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Linking policy gap to water policy
To improve the information system to promote better understanding among key stakeholders on the way in which the power generation process is concerned with land and water use...
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Hydropower-induced displacement and resettlement in the Lao PDR
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia. Yet it has great potential for hydropower development, and the Government of Laos...
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Mekong Delta Wetlands, Vietnam
A presentation about Mekong Delta wetlands in Vietnam. The presenter discusses Mekong habitats and biodiversity and the economic importance of the Delta. They then discuss key...
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Hydropower and economic development
A training manual on hydropower and economic development.
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Comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development
A training manual by Brian Hollingworth on comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development, published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)...
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Benchmarking the Policies and Practices of International Hydropower Companies
Exploring the environmental and social policies and project performance of the Chinese overseas hydropower industry; Comparing of the environmental and social policies of...
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Dealing with social aspects in hydropower development
A training manual by Dieter Heinsohn on Dealing with social aspects in hydropower development published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in...
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Letters from theMEKONG TIME FOR A NEW NARRATIVE ON MEKONG HYDROPOWER
This issue brief – the second in Stimson’s “Letters from the Mekong” series – examines the current status of mitigation efforts at Laos’ Xayaburi and Don Sahong dam projects and...
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Sambor Hydropower Dam Alternatives Assessment, Final Report
The Sambor Hydropower Dam Alternatives Assessment was conducted by an international team of experts directed by the Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) under a formal agreement...
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New sustainable energy development plans for governments of Cambodia and Lao PDR could save the Mekong River
Press Release: [San Francisco, CA, April 2018] The Mekong River in Southeast Asia is the 8th largest river in the world, traversing eight countries with some 60 million people....
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Hydropower Sector Review for Joint Basin Planning Process. February 2009
The preparation of the Plan will bring all existing, planned and potential water and related resources development projects in a joint basin planning process, through a...
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Rethinking the sustainability of the Mekong
The mekong is a major transboundary central to the lives of the people in the southeast asia,Since 2006 contested plans have emerged for up to eleven dams on the lower...
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Bridging the hydropower policy-implementation gap: Communications and feedback mechanisms to improve participation in decision-making
A presentation on a project aimed at improving communication systems to increase understanding of hydropower governance processes, which piloted a local governance feedback...
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The Lower Mekong Dams Factsheet Text
The governments of Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam are planning to build eleven large hydropower dams on the Lower Mekong River. If built, these dams would destroy the...
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Generating Sustainable Energy Solutions in the Mekong River Basin
Negative effects brought on by the poor planning for hydropower development in the Mekong basin will put the 60 million people living in the Mekong basin at risk and severely...
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Scoping and planning of the assessment of basin-wide development scenarios
A technical note to describe the agreed approach, scope and work plan for the formulation and assessment of basin-wide development scenarios in the Lower Mekong Delta.
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Water governance systems in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam
This is the report of Mekong project 4 on water governance: Challenge Program for Water and Food Mekong. The analysis report explored the key challenges and weaknesses in...