The Nam Theun 2 Hydropower project is considered as Laos' first major undertaking as a development project within the mode of a transition market economy. This essay looks at the role of international institutions, particularly the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, in steering Laos...

The World Bank began a three-year pilot initiative to develop a framework for enhancing development benefits to local communities in hydropower projects. There has been a wide array of approaches in the past two decades that all have in common the objective of designing and implementing means...

The technical workshop on enhancing development benefits to local communities in hydropower projects was held in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2008. It was hosted by the Social Development Department (SDV) and Water Anchor (ETWWA) of the World Bank. The workshop aimed to provide a platform for a...