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Deal #6527 Version #75974
Lao PDR
Created at
2014-12-31
Last update
2021-04-26
Last full update
2023-10-24
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Not consulted
Comment on consultation of local community
The project proceeds according to schedule and decisions made without the informed consent, consultation or participation of directly affected individuals.
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Comment on displacement of people
Approximately 8,500 people from 23 villages located along the Hai and Hinboun rivers are included within THPC’s relocation program. However, according to THPC, since “villagers keep their land and livelihoods around the old village site they are not considered as being resettled, but rather as relocating to new houses on less flood-prone land nearby.”
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
Many of the livelihood mitigation and restoration programs have largely failed.