In March 2004, the Theun-Hinboun Power Company conducted a Third-Party Review of its Mitigation and Compensation Program. The review team spent a month visiting villages affected by the project and analyzing the attempts by the company to compensate for project impacts. The review team found that while the company had made “good progress”, there were serious concerns over the effectiveness and long-term sustainability of its program to restore affected people’s livelihoods.
More information
- Read a World Rivers Review article by David Blake, a member of the review panel.