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Mining in the Mekong: Myanmar to outperform, Thailand to underperform
The Mekong region boasts rich mineral deposits, yet foreign investment flows are expected to remain low due to political uncertainty, resource nationalisation sentiment and poor infrastructure.
Encountering Cambodia’s biggest irrigation project, but where’s the irrigation?
Cambodia’s largest and most costly irrigation scheme has failed to irrigate a single hectare, but plans are afoot to double down with an even more expensive project.
Will new technologies help or harm developing countries?
Technology reduces developing countries’ comparative advantage in traditionally labor-intensive manufacturing (and other) activities, and decreases their gains from trade.
Vietnam wants Japan to boost real estate, infrastructure investments
Vietnam highlighted the need for Japan’s help in building houses for manual laborers and the poor; large-scale urban planning; applying new technologies and materials for construction projects.
Food Security be Dammed: Cambodia Trades Fish for Energy
The Lower Seasan 2 dam threatens to drastically reduce Cambodian fish stocks, which will undermine food security, particularly among the rural poor.
Defending China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Don’t fear Western “debt-trap diplomacy” accusations, as Chinese funding comes with no political strings attached.
Eco-tourism promises both potentials and challenges for Vietnam’s Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu
Experts and local officials warn that an increase in deforestation and environmental pollution due to a boom in industrial zones along the rivers are hindering the appeal.
New Report: Bangkok, London and Shanghai among cities sinking as climate change raises sea levels
Bangkok is a city whose hydrological vulnerability to rising sea
levels has been exacerbated by its own water use.
Saving Mekong forests must remain a focus for slowing climate change
As the IPCC readies its Special Report Global Warming at 1.5 °C, world leading scientists warn forest protection is paramount. How will the Mekong Region respond? Ask China.