Thai foreign direct investment and human security implications: A case study of the Xayaburi Dam in Lao PDR

Authors

Naruemon Thabchumpon
Carl Middleton

Publication Date

2012-01-01

Abstract

The Xayaburi Dam is a 1,260 megawatts project proposed to be built on the Mekong River's mainstream in Xayaburi Province, Lao PDR. The projects lead developer is the Thai construction company Ch. Karnchang, the proposed financiers are Thai commercial banks, and 95 percent of the electricity generated would be exported to Thailand. This paper determines how the Xayaburi Dam could affect human security at the regional scale and in the locality of the project, and evaluates the extent to which decision-making through the intergovernmental Mekong River Commission and the energy planning process in Thailand has accounted for these potential changes in human security. Overall, the paper seeks to determine how does the political economy of regional economic integration acknowledge, account for, and in turn could shape changes to human security at the local and regional levels in the case of the proposed Xayaburi Dam.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.ARV.25.1.5

First Page

91

Last Page

117

Recommended Citation

Thabchumpon, Naruemon and Middleton, Carl (2012) "Thai foreign direct investment and human security implications: A case study of the Xayaburi Dam in Lao PDR," Asian Review: Vol. 25: No. 1, Article 6.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.ARV.25.1.5
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/arv/vol25/iss1/6