Doing a Dam Better : The LaoPeople's Democratic Republic and the Story of Nam Theun2 (NT2)

Shivakumar, Jayasankar ; Porter, Ian C.

World Bank

关键词: ACCOUNTABILITY;    ADB;    ADOPTION;    AFFORDABILITY;    AGREEMENT;   

DOI  :  10.1596/978-0-8213-6985-2
RP-ID  :  58440

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Preparation of the $1.45 billion NamTheun 2 (NT2) project in the Lao People's DemocraticRepublic (Lao PDR) represented an important milestone forthe government, the developers, international partners, andother stakeholders. The story of its preparation andimplementation is an important one, because it providesvaluable insights and lessons that can be applied in futureprojects of similar size, scope, and complexity. Projectsthis size are always complex. NT2 was particularlycomplicated, however, because it was prepared during thechallenging times that included the dam debate of the 1990s,which culminated in the world commission on dams, the Asianfinancial crisis of 1997, the strengthening of environmentaland social safeguard policies and practices at the WorldBank and other financial institutions, and the greaterscrutiny of governance arrangements for the transparent useof natural resource rents by countries. This book coversthose times and focuses on the widely differing perspectivesof NT2's diverse stakeholders, the unique politicaleconomy of Lao PDR, the heated international debate on dams,the rapidly changing state of the art regarding poverty andsafeguard interventions, the shifting signals within theWorld Bank, and the collective efforts of many differentpartners and stakeholders to ensure that NT2 met the highand appropriate standards.