Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Dead in the Water Global Lessons from the World Bank's Model Hydropower Project in Laos

Name: Dead in the Water Global Lessons from the World Bank's Model Hydropower Project in Laos
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By Bruce Shoemaker, William Robichaud

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For decades, large dam projects have been undertaken by both nations and international agencies with the aim of doing good: preventing floods, bringing electricity to rural populations, producing revenues for poor countries, and more. But time after time, the social, economic, and environmental costs have outweighed the benefits of the dams, sometimes to a disastrous degree. In this volume, a diverse group of experts—involved for years with the Nam Theun 2 dam in Laos—issue an urgent call for cr...Show more

Crime and mystery fiction

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9780299317904

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University of Wisconsin Pres

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2018

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Dead in the Water Global Lessons from the World Bank's Model Hydropower Project in Laos

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Paperback

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