Laos: Contestation of National Ownership — the Role of Aid Relations and the Case of the Electricity Sector

Stéphanie Robert and Henrik Secher Marcussen
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Stéphanie Robert: Roskilde University
Henrik Secher Marcussen: Roskilde University

Chapter 4 in Aid Relationships in Asia, 2008, pp 65-82 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Laos is the most aid dependent country in Southeast Asia. The economy depends on a few productive resources, of which the generation of revenue from the electricity sector is one of the most important. The country has a long history of aid intervention, which started with the foundation of a new independent state within a Cold War context. Through this historical trajectory, development aid has become part of the contestation and rivalry in the process of building and legitimising the state.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Electricity Sector; Current Account Deficit; Economist Intelligence Unit; Multilateral Donor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230389175_4

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