Tag Archives: Xayaburi Dam

Cambodian lawmakers approve $781 mln guarantee for dam deal Reply

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urlReposted from Reuters

Feb 15 (Reuters) – Cambodia’s parliament approved on Friday a $781-million guarantee for the purchase of electricity generated by a controversial hydropower dam that activists say could damage thousands of livelihoods and trigger a food security crisis.

The government says the Lower Sesan 2 dam will transform the energy sector and it sought house approval to guarantee state-owned Electricite du Cambodge’s (EDC) commitment to the 400-megawatt project, which one environmental group described as “one of the worst proposed dams” in the lower Mekong basin. More…

Laos’ Debt Raising Eyebrows Reply

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Lao's economic development scheme is being criticized for its high level of national debt.

Lao’s economic development scheme is being criticized for its high level of national debt.

Reposted from The Diplomat

Laos’ reputation as an economic backwater and relic of the Cold War has been well earned. This year, however, the Lao government has sought to break free from the traditional communist stereotypes.Engaging the private sector and Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), Vientiane sought to emulate a well-established model by focusing on big ticket infrastructure projects. More…

Laos approves Xayaburi ‘mega’ dam on Mekong Reply

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Mainstream dams on the Mekong River

Reposted from BBC
By Jonah Fisher

Laos has given the go-ahead to build a massive dam on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from neighbouring countries and environmentalists. A formal ceremony marking the start of full construction at Xayaburi would be held on Wednesday, the government said. More…

Hydropower driving social change in Laos Reply

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Resettlement village

Reposted from Eco-Business
By Don Weinland

At the edge of a vast reservoir on the windy Nakai plateau, Ms Hom, a 54-year-old villager, sits in her wood and rattan home recalling how life has changed ever since a dam was built on the Nam Theun River, a tributary More…

Chinese Dam Project in Cambodia Raises Environmental Concerns Reply

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Kamchay Dam

Reposted from The New York Times
By Simon Marks

KAMPOT PROVINCE, CAMBODIA — Ever since she was a child, Bun Thavry and her family have ventured into the nearby hills above the Toek Chhou river in Kampot Province to chop down bamboo plants to weave into baskets. More…

Neighbours cash-in as West sits out quiet boom in Laos Reply

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Vientiane

Reposted from Reuters
By Martin Petty

The Japanese cars and sport utility vehicles that clog the streets of Laos’s once sleepy capital are testament to the changes quietly under way in a county once seen as a basket case isolated for decades behind Asia’s bamboo curtain. More…