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The livelihood reconstruction of resettlers from the Nam Ngum 1 hydropower project in Laos

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  • Bounsouk Souksavath
  • Miko Maekawa

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The Nam Ngum 1 hydropower project took place in the early 1970s and displaced about 23 villages and 570 households. This research focuses on two resettlement villages: Pakcheng and Phonhang. A comparison is made concerning the livelihood conditions of these two villages, resettled in 1968 and 1977, respectively. The methodology involved consultation meetings in each village and one-on-one interviews of 100 households (50 households per village). This case study has determined that in terms of family income for these two villages, Pakcheng is significantly more affluent than Phonhang. This is probably because Pakcheng is located along a main road and has far better facilities and irrigation systems.

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  • Bounsouk Souksavath & Miko Maekawa, 2013. "The livelihood reconstruction of resettlers from the Nam Ngum 1 hydropower project in Laos," International Journal of Water Resources Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(1), pages 59-70.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cijwxx:v:29:y:2013:i:1:p:59-70
    DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2012.738592
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    1. Kongyang Nhiakao & Helmut Yabar & Takeshi Mizunoya, 2022. "Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Nam Che 1 Hydropower Plant, Thathom District, Laos: An Ex-Post Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-16, March.
    2. Li Huang & Jian Huang & Wei Wang, 2018. "The Sustainable Development Assessment of Reservoir Resettlement Based on a BP Neural Network," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, January.
    3. Guoqing Shi & Yuanke Zhao & Xiaoya Mei & Dengcai Yan & Hubiao Zhang & Yuangang Xu & Yingping Dong, 2022. "Livelihood Resilience Perception: Gender Equalisation of Resettlers from Rural Reservoirs—Empirical Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-22, September.
    4. Liu, Wei & Li, Jie & Xu, Jie, 2020. "Impact of the ecological resettlement program in southern Shaanxi Province, China on households' livelihood strategies," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).

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