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Review of Xayaburi Dam EIA incorporation into regional consultation on impacts
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Issue and policy briefs
Hirsch, Philip
This document discusses the consultation process relating to the Xayaburi Dam. The Xayaburi Dam is one of 11 hydropower projects proposed along the Mekong River. An...
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Myitsone Hydroelectric Project, an International Rivers briefing
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Issue and policy briefs
International Rivers
2011
A report about the Myitsone Hydroelectric Project, the largest of seven dams planned along the Irrawaddy, Mali Hka, and N’Mai Hka rivers in Myanmar. The Myitsone is located at...
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(Vietnam) Fifth national report to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
2014
This report provides the latest information on Vietnam’s implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Part one provides the latest information on the status, trends...
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The conservation of key wetland sites in the Mekong Delta
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Buckton, Sebastian, Nguyen Cu; Nguyen Duc Tu; Ha Quy Quynh
1999
A report about a project to identify, evaluate and conserve key wetland sites in the Mekong Delta. The project objectives were to review existing and planned biodiversity...
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Six new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from limestone areas in Northern Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Peng, Ching-I, Lin, Che-Wei; Yang, Hsun-An; Kono,Yoshiko; Nguyen,...
2015
This article reports six species of Begonia that were previously unknown to science from Northern Vietnam. Diagnostic features that separate them from morphologically allied...
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Population aging and aggregate consumption in developing Asia
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Estrada,Gemma,Park,Donghyun,Ramayandi, Arief
2011
This paper examines the effect of old-age dependency ratio on the share of consumption in gross domestic product. The authors compare this relationship in Asian economies...
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Asia in the ageing century: Part II, retirement income
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Chomik, Rafal
2013
A research brief about retirement income systems across Asia. The report discusses the fiscal sustainability of pensions, considering structure, generosity, benefit access and...
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Asia in the ageing century: Part I – population trends
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Chomik, Rafal, Piggott, John
2013
This research brief is the first in a three-part series that looks at Asia in the ageing century. This briefing sets the demographic context. With a focus on the countries of...
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New arenas of engagement at the water governance-climate finance nexus? An analysis of the boom and bust of hydropower CDM projects in Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Smits, Mattijs, Middleton, Carl
2014
This article explores whether new arenas of engagement for water governance have been created and utilised following the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)...
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Strategies of the poorest in local water conflict and cooperation – Evidence from Vietnam, Bolivia and Zambia
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Funder, M., Bustamante,R.; Cossio,V.; Huong, P.T.M.; van Koppen,...
2012
This paper examines the strategies of poor households in local water conflicts, based on case study studies from Vietnam, Bolivia and Zambia. It is shown that such households...
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Water policy dynamics under a post-Cold War communism
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Fforde, Adam
2010
This article will contextualise accounts of political intention and policy development towards water issues in Vietnam. The author examines two main empirics: the evolution of...
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A study of the climate change impacts on fluvial flood propagation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Van, P. D. T., Popescu, I.; van Griensven, A.; Solomatine, D. P.;...
2012
This paper investigated the extent of the flood propagation in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta under different projected flood hydrographs, considering the 2000 flood event as the...
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Fishing for influence: Fisheries science and evidence in water resources development in the Mekong basin
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Friend, Richard M.
2009
This paper examines the models and assumptions of policy influence that have underpinned the research effort on Mekong capture fisheries, and presents alternative approaches for...
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The changing political dynamics of dam building on the Mekong
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Hirsch, Philip
2015
Since the 1950s, dam building in the Mekong river basin has been enmeshed in a complex and shifting geopolitical and eco-political landscape. The broad geopolitical sweep of US...
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The rise and implications of the water-energy-food nexus in Southeast Asia through an environmental justice lens
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Middleton, Carl, Allouche, Jeremy; Gyawali, Dipak; Allen, Sarah
2015
This article maps the rise of the water-energy-food 'nexus' as a research, policy and project agenda in mainland Southeast Asia. The authors argue that introducing the concept...
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Hydraulic bureaucracy in a modern hydraulic society: Strategic group formation in the Mekong delta, Vietnam
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Evers, Hans-Dieter, Benedikter, Simon
2009
The last three decades have seen dramatic changes as increased hydraulic management has become the key to the development of the lower Mekong delta. This process has triggered...
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Dams on Mekong tributaries as significant contributors of hydrological alterations to the Tonle Sap Floodplain in Cambodia
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Arias, M. E, Piman,T.; Lauri,H.; Cochrane, T. A.; Kummu, M.
2014
This study aims to quantify how hydropower development in the Sesan, Srepok, and Sekong (3S) rivers, together with definite future (DF) plans for infrastructure development,...
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Node and regime: Interdisciplinary analysis of water-energy-food nexus in the Mekong Region
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Foran, Tira
2015
An article examining the findings and recommendations of a major 'nexus' research-for-development project in the Mekong region. The author begins at the standpoint that...
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The state of world fisheries and aquaculture, opportunities and challenges
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO
2014
This status update on the world’s fisheries and aquaculture highlights the significant role they play in eliminating hunger, promoting health and reducing poverty. Part one...
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Labor migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, synthesis report, phase I November 2006
Cambodia, Viet Nam, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Myanmar, China
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Revenga, Ana, Yves-Fallavier, Pierre; Larrison, Jennica; de Paz...
2006
Migration has been occurring in the GMS for centuries, largely in an informal and unregulated fashion. The GMS Labor Migration program, launched in June 2005 by the World Bank,...