“Can we make hydropower work for all in Laos?”, 16 May 2015

27 development partners and financing parties, including the World Bank Group and Asian Development Bank, endorsed Laos' Nam Theun 2 (NT2) hydropower project in March 2005…The NT2 project, which is jointly implemented by the Nam Theun 2 Power Company and the Government of Laos, supplies reliable and clean energy to neighbouring Thailand and generates revenues for the government of Laos to finance poverty reduction and environmental management projects…Despite…progress, challenges remain. Improved management of natural resources, agriculture and livestock will be vital to sustaining the livelihoods of the resettled people. It will also be important that support for the downstream areas continues into the future, financed and implemented by the government. While the [Watershed Management and Protection Authority (WMPA)] has contributed to preserving forest cover and water quality, results have yet to meet expectations…