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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 ...

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