This book aims to provide a basin-wide analysis of the political, socio-economic and environmental perspectives of hydropower development in the Mekong Basin.

Nathanial Matthews is Global Research Coordinator of the CGIAR Consortium Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems. Previously, he was a lecturer in the geography department at King's College London, UK.

Kim Geheb is the Mekong Regional Coordinator for the CGIAR Consortium Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems, and is based in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

1. On Dams, Demons and Development: The Political Intrigues of Hydropower Development in the Mekong Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb 2. Framing a Political Ecology of Mekong Basin Hydropower Development Nathanial Matthews and Kim Geheb 3. A Political Ecology of Hydropower Development in China Zha Daojiong 4. From Manwan to Nuozhadu: the political ecology of hydropower on China's Lançang Jiang Xing Lyu 5. From Pak Mun to Xayaburi: The Backwater and Spillover of Thailand's Hydropower Politics Jakkrit Sangkhamanee 6. The Invisible Dam: Hydropower and its narration in the Lao People's Democratic Republic Kim Geheb, Niki West and Nathanial Matthews 7. Whose Risky Business?: Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) and Large Hydropower Dams in the Mekong Region Carl Middleton, Nathanial Matthews, and Naho Mirumachi 8. The Politics of the Lower Sesan 2 Dam in Cambodia Kimkong Ham, Samchan Hay and Thea Sok 9. Rethinking development narratives on hydropower in Vietnam Nga Dao and Bui Lien Phuong