Assessment of the Legal Environment in Lao PDR for Chinese Investment in the Hydropower Industry

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10.2991/isbcd-16.2016.48How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Legal environment, chinese investment, hydropower industry in Lao PDR

Abstract

The Legal Environment in Laos for Chinese Investment in the Hydropower Industry is the hot matter in the moment. Lao PDR needs to manage its hydropower development to ensure environmental and social sustainability through developing of the legal, institutional and regulatory environment and strengthening of the institutional capacity of the sector, improving knowledge and data management, and developing institutional coordination across the government agencies. This paper will make an introduction to the legal system in Laos concerning foreign investment. And a full-scale of assessment of the legal environment could be made on cases and data in this paper. In conclusion, Laos is becoming open and investment-friendly. The paper can also act as a discussion awakener, to help and give some guidance to decision makers and actors in the hydropower sector to integrate sustainable development considerations into hydropower development and planning.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Rattana Saithong
AU  - Lairu Li
PY  - 2016/11
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TI  - Assessment of the Legal Environment in Lao PDR for Chinese Investment in the Hydropower Industry
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Symposium on Business Cooperation and Development
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5428
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