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Water Experts Question World Bank's Role in Laos Dam

BANGKOK — A panel of water experts have warned that the World Bank’s promotion of a major dam in Laos, which they say failed to deliver on basic promises, has fueled the country’s development of shoddy hydropower projects with catastrophic consequences.In July, an auxiliary dam at ...

David Boyle

Thailand will be both an importer and a co-distributor of electricity from Laos to Malaysia and Singapore

Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister said that Thai government has no means to increase the import of electricity from Laos, but instead to develop transmission lines to Malaysia and Singapore for power distribution.More ...

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Laos Accused of Copy-Pasting Dam Impact Survey

VIENTIANE/PHNOM PENH — An official impact assessment for a controversial new Lao dam on the Mekong river has been directly copied and pasted in parts from a previous project, a coalition of groups fighting to protect the river has alleged.More ...

Hul Reaksmey & David Boyle

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