134 datasets found

This paper aims to analyze the spatial distribution of mining and hydro projects in Lao PDR.

A presentation of a consultant's findings regarding village resettlement in Laos, mostly due to hydropower dams. Includes analysis of the legal framework in Laos, drivers of...

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...

National Policy on Environment and Social Sustainability of Hydropower Sector –now replaced by Policy on Sustainable Hydropower Development •Social and Environmental Standards...

China agrees to engage more closely with its Southeast Asian neighbours over controversial hydropower projects and water resources

This thesis uses discourse to analyze how different story-lines of hydropower development in the Mekong River Basin reproduce the concept of sustainable development. With actors...

A government-provided overview of the major sources of hydropower in Laos.

Discusses the Nam Ngum 1 Hydropower Plant. Originally proposed for its power generation benefits to Lao PDR, the Nam Ngum 1 Dam creates significant additional benefits,...

This report examines the resettlement of people for Nam Ngum 2, a 615-megawatt hydroelectric dam in central Lao PDR. The author identifies several human and environmental rights...

Analyzes a foreign investment into a Lao hydro power project, and its impact on local population. Provides recommendations on conducting environmental impact studies and...

Similar to the last decade, the resource sectors ( hydropower and extractives ) continued to make an important contribution to growth.

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...

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...

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...

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...

A training manual on hydropower and economic development.

A training manual by Brian Hollingworth on comprehensive options assessment in hydropower development, published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)...

Exploring the environmental and social policies and project performance of the Chinese overseas hydropower industry; Comparing of the environmental and social policies of...

A training manual by Dieter Heinsohn on Dealing with social aspects in hydropower development published by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in...

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...