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A review of the environmental impact assessment prepared for the Xayaburi dam. The author argues that the EIA fails to address the proposed modification of the natural flow...

A submission to project developers raising concerns about the environmental impact assessment for the Xayaburi dam. The author raises concerns about the 2011 environmental...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This article reports six species of Begonia that were previously unknown to science from Northern Vietnam. Diagnostic features that separate them from morphologically allied...

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...

A research brief about retirement income systems across Asia. The report discusses the fiscal sustainability of pensions, considering structure, generosity, benefit access and...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...