Dead in the water : global lessons from the World Bank's model hydropower project in Laos / edited by Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaud.
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TextSeries: New perspectives in Southeast Asian studiesPublisher: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (xxvi, 352 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780299317935
- 0299317935
- Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project
- Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project
- Economic development projects -- Laos
- Dams -- Laos -- Nam Theun River
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Laos -- Nam Theun River
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Social aspects -- Laos -- Nam Theun River
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Economic aspects -- Laos -- Nam Theun River
- Projets de développement économique -- Laos
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General
- Dams
- Economic development projects
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Economic aspects
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects
- Hydroelectric power plants -- Social aspects
- Laos
- Laos -- Nam Theun River
- 333.91/409594 23
- TK1513.L28 D43 2018eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-330) and index.
Intro; Contents; Foreword: Dams and Dreams in Laos PDR / Yos Santasombat; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Stepping into the Current / William Robichaud and Bruce Shoemaker; Part One: The World Bank Promotes a New Model of Hydropower; 1. Nam Theun 2's Winding History: Studies, Setbacks, and Rebrandings / Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaud; 2. Independent Guidance and International Credibility: The Panel of Experts / Dave Hubbel and Bruce Shoemaker.
3. The Promises and Pitfalls of Nongovernmental Organization Consultation and Engagement / Bruce Shoemaker and Dave HubbelPart Two: Social and Environmental Context and Outcomes; 4. Ethnicity in the Nam Theun 2 Theater: A Sense of History / James R. Chamberlain; 5. Broken Pillars: The Failure of the Nakai Plateau Livelihood Resettlement Program / Glenn Hunt, Marika Samuelsson, and Satomi Higashi; 6. Social Change in the Nam Theun 2 Catchment: The Kri Experience / N.J. Enfield; 7. Elusive Conservation in the Nam Theun 2 Catchment / William Robichaurd.
8. Troubles Downstream: Changes in the Xe Bang Fai River Basin / Ian G. Baird, Bruce Shoemaker, and Kanokwan Manorom9. Revenues without Accountability: Natioanl Poverty Alleviation and Nam Theun 2 / Bruce Shoemaker; Part Three: Nam Theun 2's Wider Legacy; 10. Nam Theun 2 and the Transformation of Institutions and Public Debate in Laos / Sarinda Singh; 11. Nam Theun 2, the Xe Bang Fai, and Thailand's Electricity Network / Ian G. Baird and Noah Quastel; 12. Overpowered: Limiting Liability within Thailand's Nam Theun 2 Electricity Deal / Grainne Ryder and Witoon Permpongsacharoen.
13. Branding Dams: Nam Theun 2 and Its Role in Producing the Discourse of ""Sustainable Hydropower"" / Carl MiddletonConclusion: Transforming Loss / Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaurd; Afterword: Bookending Nam Theun 2 / Philip Hirsch; Bibliography; Contributors; Index.
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