Infrastructure - Open Development Mekong https://opendevelopmentmekong.net Sharing information about Mekong and its development with the world. Mon, 18 Feb 2019 07:42:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Infrastructure Financiers Developing infrastructure in the Lower Mekong Countries (LMCs) is a major undertaking, requiring significant financial investment. In the LMCs, the main financiers, or entities that deal with large-scale investment, include both bilateral (country-to-country) investment, like from China, as well as multilateral (investors from more than one source) investment, such as through the Asian Development Bank […]

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]]> https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/stories/infrastructure-financiers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=infrastructure-financiers Impacts of Infrastructure Development Impacts of infrastructure development Infrastructure development along the Lower Mekong continues to have social and environmental impacts. For instance, hydropower development in Cambodia, such as the Kamchay Dam developed by China’s Sinohydro Corporation, and Kirirom III developed by China’s China Electric Power Technology Import-Export Corporation, are costly, and can bring detrimental effects to local communities […]

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