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Xayaburi Dam: How Laos violated the 1995 Mekong Agreement
This report challenges the claim of the Laos Government that the Xayaburi Dam fully complied with the Mekong Agreement. The authors examine the language of the Mekong Agreement...
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Impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Mekong River basin: a case study of the Nam Ou basin, Lao PDR
This paper evaluates the impact of climate change on sediment yield in the Nam Ou basin, northern Laos. Future climate (temperature and precipitation) from four general...
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Viet Nam: Hydro-Economic Framework for Assessing Water Sector Challenges
Vietnam is experiencing increasing variability in water availability across regions and seasons. Mitigating against the impacts of such changes requires a thorough assessment of...
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The people and their river, the World Bank and its Dam: Revisiting the Xe bang fai river in Laos
According to the World Bank, ‘[NT2] demonstrates that hydro power projects can be designed and implemented to deliver sustainable outcomes through state-of-the-art environmental...
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Minutes of 1st 7L Sekong Basin Sub-Area meeting
Meeting minutes of the first meeting of the 7L Sekong Basin Sub-Area committee meeting, including discussion of plans to reduce poverty within and sustainably develop the basin...
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Dams, rivers and community rights
The changes that are made by the dam are not so easy to deal with. To make others respect your rights, it is essential that you yourself have a lot of education, know the plans...
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People suffer because of the shift to the river
People suffer because of the shift to the river
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Decree No. 293 / PM on the Organization and Procedure of the Mekong Basin Committee
Decree No. 293 / PM on the Organization and Procedure of the Mekong Basin Committee
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Biodiversity assessment of the Mekong River in northern Lao PDR: A follow up study
The follow-up scoping survey presented in this report builds on the first rapid biodiversity scoping study of the upper stretches of the Mekong conducted in February 2003. It is...
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Where are the poor?
Over the last four years, the Lao Statistics Bureau has conducted two major activities that significantly improve our understanding of poverty in the Lao PDR
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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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Decree on establishment and activities of river basin committee.
This decree defines the location, mandate, duties, jurisdictions, organizational structure and working methodology of the River Basin Committee to facilitate and ensure the...
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Reconceptualizing resettlement along the Nam Gnouang River in Laos 2016.
Rooted in the transitions of the Nam Gnouang River into a reser-voir and the four villages into one resettlement site, this article illustrates the different (political)...
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Agreement on mining, sand and dredging regulations of Mekong river and river in Lao PDR (revised)
Agreement on mining, sand and dredging regulations of Mekong river and river in Lao PDR (revised)
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Sustaining river basin ecosystems in hydropower development
A training manual by James Ramsay on Sustaining river basin ecosystems in hydropower development, published in Vientiane, Laos by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale...
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Climate change and hydropower development
A training material by Joerg Hartmann on climate change and hydropower development published in May 2014 by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in...
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Large Marine Ecosystems: Status and Trends
Recognizing the value of large marine ecosystems (LMEs) and other transboundary water systems (open ocean, groundwater aquifers, lakes and reservoirs, and river basins), their...
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IWRM-based basin development strategy for the Lower Mekong Basin
The IWRM-based Basin Development Strategy (the Strategy) is a statement of the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam) setting out how...
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Bankrolling India’s dirty dozen
An analysis paper by Dustin Hoasa on the World Bank Group's lending practices, part 2 in Inclusive Development International (IDI)'s 'Outsourcing Development' series. Published...
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Hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB)
A brief about hydropower in the Mekong, describing the hydropower potential and the major tasks of the Mekong River Commission in hydropower development. The report describes...