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Offloading Risks & Avoiding Liabilities: How Financial Institutions Consider Hydropower Risks in Laos

The collapse of Saddle Dam D of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Dam project in Southern Laos in July 2018 directed a great deal of public attention to the risks and dangers associated with dams. This paper examines how financial institutions identify, evaluate, address and manage hydropower risks. And this paper finds that the likely profitability of dams as a financial asset and their energy markets has made dam building highly attractive.

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Document type Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Language of document
  • English
Topics Hydropower dams
Geographic area (spatial range)
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
Copyright Unclear copyright
Version / Edition 2019
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Author (individual) Ame Trandem
Publisher Focus on the Global South
Publication date 2019
Pagination 23
Date uploaded April 4, 2019, 09:03 (UTC)
Date modified April 5, 2019, 02:07 (UTC)