World Bank-directed development? Negotiating participation in the Nam Theun 2 hydropower project in Laos

Development and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-507

  Singh, Sarinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBALIZATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LENDING BEHAVIOR; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; POLICY STRATEGY; STAKEHOLDER; WORLD BANK;

ASIA; EURASIA; LAOS; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 68449098069     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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