The ‘Mekong Water Resources Assistance Strategy’: Justifying large water infrastructure with transboundary impacts

Published by: Open Development Mekong

This conference paper critiques the World Bank and Asian Development Bank’s Mekong Water Resources Assistance Strategy, which promotes the construction of large-scale water infrastructure projects. The author analyses this strategy and notes a number of risks. The conference paper was prepared for ‘Critical Transitions in the Mekong Region,’ organized by Regional Center for Sustainable Development in Chiang Mai on 29-31 January 2007.

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Field	Value
Document type	Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
Language of document	English
Short title (alternative/varying form of title)	The ADB/WB/MRC ‘Mekong Water Resources Assistance Strategy’: Justifying large water infrastructure with transboundary impacts
Topics	Asian Development Bank ADB Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities Water resources World Bank
Geographic area (spatial range)	Cambodia Viet Nam Lao People's Democratic Republic Thailand Myanmar China
Copyright	Unclear copyright
Version / Edition	1
License	unspecified
Contact	Carl Middleton, carl@irn.org
Author (individual)	Carl Middleton
Publication date	2007
Date uploaded	May 27, 2015, 09:41 (UTC)
Date modified	January 7, 2016, 23:06 (UTC)