Slowly up the Mekong  

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Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Far Eastern Economic Review vol. 170 no. 01 (2007), page 78-79.
Topik: Foreign aid; Hydroelectric plants; Foreign exchange; Ecosystems; Poverty; Dams

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: FF21.19 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Laos is among the poorest countries in Asia, and has the dubious pleasure of qualifying for the club of the world's "Least Developed Countries" - a status the country hopes to shed by 2020. Laos is heavily dependent on external financing. In order to wean itself off handouts and service its debts, the Lao government needs to find ways to earn foreign exchange. Many of its plans involve tapping the potential of the Mekong River and its tributaries, especially the building of hydroelectric plants. Aviva Imhof, campaign director with California-based International Rivers Network, doubts that money from the hydropower plants will ever reach the poor: The system is not set up so that the people who are affected by the dams are benefiting. Given the difficult trade-off between development and preserving the Mekong's ecosystem, it is hard to blame the government for exploiting every opportunity to bring money into the country.

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