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Article

8 Jun 2003

Author:
Agence France-Presse

Plan to develop Mekong subdued by environmental, social concerns

A 14-billion-dollar plan to develop the Mekong region over the rest of the decade will fall well short of its targets, with environment and social concerns an important reason for the failure, rights activists say...Ryder [Grainne Ryder, a policy director with foreign aid monitor Probe International] said the ADB [Asian Development Bank] was largely to blame...[Mekong River traverses China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam]