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Opinion piece published by Reuters AlertNet

Opinion piece published in Thailand's The Nation

Please see attachment below to download and look through our presentation made at the

Asian Development Bank's Annual Governors Meeting on the panel:

"Open Forum on ADB-Civil Society Cooperation: Requirements in the Development of ADB's Energy Strategy"

Kyoto, Japan

4 May 2007

 

An article by Aviva Imhof in Bankwatch, published by the NGO Forum on the ADB, examines Nam Theun 2's failings and draws parallels to other ADB-funded dams in Laos: Theun-Hinboun, Nam Song and Nam Leuk. The article also highlights the ADB's role in promoting a regional power grid and electricity trading system in the Mekong subregion.

The Asian Development Bank has spent millions of dollars over the past 12 years on studies investigating energy options in the Greater Mekong Subregion. All of these studies were heavily biased toward promoting a regional grid fueled by hydropower, and none have included a comprehensive options assessment in line with World Commission on Dams recommendations. In this edition of World Reviews Review, Aviva Imhof looks at the mountains of paper from past ADB studies and examines what a true options assessment might look like.