Aspects considered in this report are presented under three broad themes: the current status of hydropower development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), the planning and policy context for ...
A new report from WWF highlights how vital regional supply chains that rely on a healthy and connected Mekong River are undermined by hydropower development. Recent decades have seen scores of ...
This story was originally published by New Security Beat on . For decades, China has been the dominant force in hydropower development across the Mekong subregion, financing, and ...
Activists in the Mekong region have called on governments and agencies to take urgent action to protect the river from worsening environmental damage caused by hydropower dams and mining activities.
A boat on the Mekong River at sunset, Laos. The Mekong supports the world's largest freshwater fishery but the proposed level of hydropower development in the Mekong basin is predicted to cut fish ...
World Politics Review: The Promise and Pitfalls of Hydropower Development Along the Mekong River
Bridges are essential for advancing regional integration in a major global river basin such as the Mekong. The opening of the Fifth Lao–Thai Friendship Bridge in December 2025 is a concrete reminder ...
International Monetary Fund: The Challenge of Developing the Mekong Region, A Commentary by Takatoshi Kato, Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Amid the tremendous economic advances that Asia has made over the past generation, the considerable progress of the Mekong region countries is sometimes overlooked. Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have ...