This paper reviews the available literature that links regional food security to the Mekong River’s wild capture … on the proposed Mekong mainstream dams, it explores how decision-making on large water infrastructure should be …

With 11 large hydropower dams proposed to block the Lower Mekong River’s mainstream, the future of the river lies at … a crossroads. To inform decision-making, in October 2010, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) published a Strategic … economies. As these dams threaten to irreversibly undermine the ecology of the Mekong River and will place at risk the …

The Mekong is under threat. The governments of Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand are considering plans to build eleven big … hydropower dams on the Mekong River’s lower mainstream. If built, these dams would harm the river’s ecology and block the …

Despite the general consensus that microfinance does not reach the poorest; recent evidence suggests that nearly 15% of … microfinance clients in Bangladesh are among the poorest. It is from the realization that even within the existing microfinance … benefit from microfinance services. This study attempts to assess the targeting effectiveness of the BDP ultra poor programme …

A regulator should promote social entrepreneurship and tap into the considerable expertise existing in the micro-finance … micro-finance services in a sustainable manner. The new bill needs to be reworked to amend its many deficiencies. …

In Mumbai to open an office of the Grameen Foundation, Professor Yunus spoke on the growing role of microfinance in the …