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VN seeks to learn from others' dam mistakesViet Nam News, March 01, 2000.
Theun Hinboun is no model for Mekong development
By Grainne Ryder, Watershed, December 31, 1999.
Power to the People could Cost
By Grainne Ryder, The Nation, October 7, 1999.
Coal-fired Power is Obsolete
By Grainne Ryder, The Nation, May 12, 1999.
Lao Dam Argument Doesn't Hold Water
By Grainne Ryder The Nation, March 22, 1999.
Overview of Regional Plans
By Grainne Ryder, World Rivers Review Special Mekong Issue, December 1994, Berkeley, USA.
Rent-a River, Build a Dam
By Grainne Ryder, World Rivers Review Special Mekong Issue, December 1994, Berkeley, USA.
Thirsty for the Rivers of Laos
By Grainne Ryder, World Rivers Review Special Mekong Issue, December 1994, Berkeley, USA.
Mekong Region
Activists fish for solutions to conflict over Pak Mool damThe Nation, April 21, 2000.
Malaysian study will gauge feasibility of Mekong dam
The Cambodia Daily, March 22, 2000.
ADB'S cooperation with Vietnam and Mekong river commission
VNA, March 10, 2000.
Thailand, China to help Laos: Loan planned for concession buy-back
BKK Post, January 23, 2000.
World Bank says no backing for Laos Dam until reforms in place
World Bank's Development News Service, February 22, 2000.
Environmental threats to the Mekong Delta
Watershed, February 17, 2000.
Claim WB-funded dams ruined stocks
Bangkok Post, February 17, 2000.
World Bank Provides Grant to Help Protect Mekong River Basin
Xinhua News Agency, February 14, 2000.
Destruction and violation: Burma's border development policies
Watershed, November 1999
ADB Poverty Reduction Strategy Aims To Rid Region Of Extreme Poverty
Asian Development Bank News Release No. 106/99, November 9, 1999.
Mekong basin ready for a new start
The Nation, October 17, 1999.
Unecessary increase of Thailand's electricity capacity
The Nation, October 13, 1999.
Dam Talks Exclude Minority Groups
South China Morning Post, September 15, 1999.
International Donors Fund Mekong River Projects with $31Million
Daily News, August 27, 1999.
Mekong River Body Opens New Headquarters
Reuters, May 04, 1999.
Development-Indochina: Recession Puts Brakes on Megaprojects
Bangkok Post, April 16, 1999.
Thais Buy into Shan Rebel Power Play
South China Morning Post, December 21, 1998.
The Gas-Fired Threat to South East Asian Hydro Power
Water Power & Dam Construction, August 31, 1998.
Many Work To Save Mekong Dolphins
The Associated Press, June 15, 1998.
Electricité de France in Asia
Asian Power, April 1998.
Southeast Asia's Biggest Dams Will Have to Go
The Nation, September 13, 1997.
Mekong Panel on Hold Over Fighting
The Nation, July 14, 1997, by Kulachada Chaipipat.
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam to cooperate on hydro
Reuters, May 12, 1997.
Other People's River
The Montreal Gazette, January 15, 1997, by Mark Abley.
Lao PDR
ELECTRICITY: Laotian project revived, Japanese drawn into Nam Ngum 3BKK Post, May 3, 2000.
Egat, Laos in price deal on dam power
The Nation, April 26, 2000.
GMS Power to Kick-Start Laos Dam Project
The Nation, February 12, 2000.
Laos Issues New Anti-Corruption Decree
AP, January 6, 2000.
A Regime in Denial: Vientiane says everything's just fine with its politics and economics
Asiaweek, December 24, 1999.
Laos Mess Worsens, Donors Seek Action
Reuters, November 1, 1999.
Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project
Bankok Post, October 30, 1999.
Jasmine Set to Sell Stake in Lao Power Project
The Nation (Agence France-Presse), October 13, 1999.
Electricity Purchases
Bangkok Post, August 16 1999.
World Bank Inaugurates Office in Laos
Reuters, April 29, 1999.
Controversial Dam Projects May Lose Development Bank Funding
South China Morning Post, April 24, 1999.
Laos Dam Resettlement Plan Approved
Business Day (Thailand), January 22, 1999.
Nam Ngum 3 in Laos
A REPORT WRITTEN BY TERRA, January 1999.
Laos Eager To Build $1.2B Dam
Associated Press Writer, September 10, 1998.
Viability of four export projects in question
Bangkok Post, June 18, 1998.
Thai NGOs Call on Thai Prime Minister to Reject Electricity from Nam Theun 2
Foundation for Ecological Recovery Press Release, June 15, 1998.
Big Cracks Stall Laos Dam Project
The Australian, June 4, 1998.
Arms firm 'warlord' removed
South China Morning Post, April 8, 1998.
'Battery of Asia' may run flat: Thailand's economic crisis is raising questions over the energy exporting hopes of neighbouring Laos
Financial Times, April 6, 1998.
New dam takes toll on livelihoods
South China Morning Post, April 4, 1998.
World Bank backs dam project in Laos
The Nation, March 28, 1998.
Nam Ngum II Project Concession Agreement Initialled
Vientiane Times, March, 1998.
Nam Theun Future Still Cloudy
Power in Asia (Financial Times newsletter), November 17, 1997.
Local NGO adds to pressure on World Bank
The Nation (Bangkok), September 24, 1997.
Huge Dam in Laos Could Be a Nightmare
The San Jose Mercury News, September 2, 1997.
Conservationists who are enemies of the earth
The Guardian, August 6, 1997, by George Monbiot.
Laos Renews Appeal for Planned Dam
Bangkok Post, July 14, 1997, by Thaksina Khaikaew.
Laos Hopes World Bank Will Bless Dam
Asia Times, July 14, 1997, by Satya Sivaraman.
Laos Confident World Bank Will Accept its Loan Request
Bangkok Post, July 8, 1997, by Thaksina Khaikaew.
Villagers await resettlement, They hope for a new and better life
Bankok Post, February 24, 1997.
US$270 million loan to be granted to Laos from ADB
Vientiane Times, February 18, 1997.
Thailand
Pak Mool cost more than it's worthThe Nation, Bangkok, June 9, 2000.
DEVELOPMENT-ASIA: AsDB Chants New Mantra at Annual Meet
InterPress Service, May 5, 2000.
Groups tell ADB to halt loans to Thailand
The Nation, May 2, 2000.
Letter to Mr. James Wolfenson The President of The World Bank from Affected villagers by Pak Mun Dam
Southeast Asia Rivers Network, February 14, 2000.
World Bank visits Pak Mun dam site - Villagers reject Bank's offer of development
Southeast Asia Rivers Network, February 05, 2000.
World Bank urged to compensate Thai villagers over Pak Mun dam
Agence France Presse, December 9, 1999.
PM urged to address woes of villagers: Dam projects affect Northeasterners
Bangkok Post, November 5, 1999.
Thailand's Electricity Generating considers stake in Lao dam
Agence France Presse, November 4, 1999.
Electricity Purchases
Bangkok Post, August 16 1999.
CHANGNOI: Not a picnic for Pak Mool refugees
The Nation, April 21, 1999.
Thai villagers occupy dam site, make demands
Environmental News Network , April 1, 1999.
Pak Mun demonstration
The Nation, March 26, 1999.
Pak Mool protesters seek relief
The Nation, March 25, 1999.
Egat delays power purchase
Bangkok Post, June 25, 1998.
TFB defends takeover of ailing Phatra Thanakit
The Nation, June 23, 1998.
Egat to postpone power buys
The Nation, May 1, 1998.
World Bank 'could be partly to blame'
Bangkok Post, April 22, 1997.
Cambodia
Cambodia Debates Damming of MekongAssociated Press, May 15, 1997, by Denis D. Gray.
Vietnam
Aid agencies should get out of dam buildingDevelopment Today, May 12, 2000.
Vietnam cranks up second largest hydro plant in test run
Deutsche Presse-Agenteur, March 28, 2000.
Viet Nam seeks to learn from others' dam mistakes
Viet Nam News, March 1, 2000.
Vietnam Revises Down Power Output Target
XINHUA, September 13, 1999.
$230 million power plant to be fast tracked
Vietnam Investment Review, May 25-31, 1998.
Biggest hydro-electric plant cuts output
Viet Nam News, May 23, 1998.
Russians win deal for mega power plant
Vietnam Investment Review, 15-21 September 1997.
Yunnan
China dams third major river in a monthAFP, Nov 12, 1997.
