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Deal #6598 Version #87762
Lao PDR
Created at
2015-10-29
Last update
2022-08-18
Last full update
2022-09-22
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Rejection
Comment on community reaction
street protests, visible mobilization
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Socio-economic, Violence, Other
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
reduced food security and increased poverty levels; the dam collapsed in July 2018 and by 25 July, 20 people had been killed by the water, with a further 100 or more missing and nearly 7,000 having lost their homes.