A three-man World Bank advisory panel has given a green light in declaring that environmental, social and other safeguards had been more than met in planning for the [Nam Theun 2 dam] project and implementation plans should start...Even with this green light, and in spite of the best efforts of the World Bank – which included workshops last year in Bangkok, Tokyo, Paris, Washington and Vientiane – critics are girding for further protests. [refers to EDF, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Electriticy Generating Company, Italthai]