(November 2, 1999) “Accordingly, it is clearly understood that, if the Bank is to support the Nam Theun 2 project, the latter would need to be in full compliance with the Bank’s environmental and social policies and that higher standards would need to be applied.”
Letter from Canada’s Executive Director to the World Bank: Nam Theun 2, Lao PDR
(November 2, 1999) Terry O’Leary, Executive Director to the World Bank, responds to Probe International’s October 6th letter to the World Bank regarding the Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project.
Laos mess worsens, donors seek action
(November 1, 1999) With the financial sector in a precarious state and half the population living below the poverty line, donors say authorities must quickly launch strong stabilisation measures to curb inflation, stabilise the kip over the long term and restore a growing loss of local and foreign confidence in the economy and currency.
Destruction and violation: Burma’s border development policies
(November 1, 1999) The military dictatorship governing Burma is currently using the discourse of development to legitimise its domination of the border areas.
At what price electricity?
(October 30, 1999) The outcome of purchasing electricity that cannot be used is obvious and frightening. What is obvious is that Thai consumers will have to pay for nothing.
Mekong basin ready for a new start
(October 17, 1999) The past decade of the Mekong basin development has been marked by the conflicting and disintegrated interests of countries within and outside the region.
Unnecessary increase of Thailand’s electricity capacity
(October 13, 1999) However, irrespective of the price, Thailand has no need of additional electricity capacity.
Jasmine set to sell stake in Lao power project
(October 13, 1999) THAI telecommunications company Jasmine International Plc yesterday said it had begun talks aimed at selling its 10 per cent stake in the Nam Thun 2 power project in Laos.
Power to the people could cost
(October 7, 1999) Even if the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) needed the power, the massive Nam Theun 2 hydro dam can’t compete with Thailand’s new private power producers, writes PI’s Grainne Ryder.
“Model” Laotian dam an economic and environmental failure
(October 1, 1999) New report exposes Nordic investors’ double standards on property rights and environmental protection
The Theun-Hinboun public-private partnership: Notes- part 3 of 3
(October 1, 1999)
The Theun-Hinboun public-private partnership- part 1 of 3
(October 1, 1999) A 3-part critique of the Asian Development Bank’s model hydropower Venture in Lao PDR.
Dam talks exclude minority groups
(September 15, 1999) Thai-based environmentalists yesterday accused the American organisers of a conference of going behind the backs of vulnerable ethnic groups in discussing massive Burmese dam projects in private.
EGAT halts Myanmar dam survey
(September 14, 1999) ‘We feel we have enough information to complete the feasibility study, even though it is not really as complete as we would have wanted’: EGAT halts survey work for a dam on the Salween (Nu) River after the death of an employee in a landmine accident.
Finance Minister: Pak Mun dam (Thailand)
(September 14, 1999) Reply concerning the impact of the Pak Mun Dam in Thailand on the people who live and work nearby.
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