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Dead in the Water: Global Lessons from the World Bank's Model Hydropower Project in Laos: New Perspectives in SE Asian Studies

Editat de Bruce Shoemaker, William Robichaud Cuvânt înainte de Yos Santasombat Cuvânt după de Philip Hirsch
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 18 iun 2018
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 critical reassessment of the approach to, and rationale for, these kinds of large infrastructure projects in developing countries.

In the 2000s, as the World Bank was reeling from revelations of past hydropower failures, it nonetheless promoted the enormous Nam Theun 2 project. NT2, the Bank believed, offered a new, wiser model of dam development that would alleviate poverty, protect the environment, engage locally affected people in a transparent fashion, and stimulate political transformation. This was a tall order. For the first time, this book shows in detail why, despite assertions of success from the World Bank and other agencies involved in the project, the dam's true story has been one of substantial loss for affected villagers and the regional environment. Nam Theun 2 is an important case study that illustrates much broader problems of global development policy.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780299317904
ISBN-10: 0299317900
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 25 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria New Perspectives in SE Asian Studies


Recenzii

"Extremely insightful and succinct, this volume shows how badly the Nam Theun 2 dam project has failed across the areas of indigenous rights and development, sustaining fisheries and river life, livelihoods of the displaced, protecting wildlife, and forestry and the commons. An important book." —Michael Goldman, author of Imperial Nature: The World Bank and Struggles for Social Justice in the Age of Globalization

"Offers a new understanding of Laos in a difficult period of nation building and development [and] a vital lesson to policy planners, scholars, and INGOs encountering the illusory success of a globalizing economy." —Yos Santasombat, from the foreword

Notă biografică

Bruce Shoemaker is an independent consultant on development and natural resources who has conducted extensive research on the impacts of the Nam Theun 2 dam. His books include The People and Their River: River-based Livelihoods in the Xe Bang Fai Basin in Laos. William Robichaud is a conservation biologist who has worked in Southeast Asia for twenty-five years. One of his main areas of focus has been conservation of the globally significant forests and wildlife of the Nam Theun 2 catchment.

Cuprins

Foreword: Dams and Dreams in Lao PDR                
            Yos Santasombat
Preface                       
Acknowledgments                 
Abbreviations             
 
Introduction: Stepping into the Current                    
            William Robichaud and Bruce Shoemaker
 
Part 1. 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 Hubbel
 
Part 2. 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, Satomi Higashi, and Marika Samuelsson
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 Robichaud
8 Troubles Downstream: Changes in the Xe Bang Fai River Basin              
            Ian G. Baird, Bruce Shoemaker, and Kanokwan Manorom
9 Revenues without Accountability: National Poverty Alleviation and Nam Theun 2         
            Bruce Shoemaker
 
Part 3. 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 the Discourse of “Sustainable Hydropower”           
            Carl Middleton
 
Conclusion: Transforming Loss         
            Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaud
Afterword                  
            Philip Hirsch
 
Bibliography              
Contributors               
Index 

Descriere

An urgent call for reassessment of policies supporting very large infrastructure projects in developing countries. This case study examines the planning, implementation, and unexpected outcomes—for both the local people and the environment—of one of the largest dams in Southeast Asia, which the World Bank promoted as a new model of sustainable development.