Intro; Contents; Foreword: Dams and Dreams in Laos PDR / Yos Santasombat; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Stepping into the Current / William Robichaud and Bruce Shoemaker; Part One: The World Bank Promotes a New Model of Hydropower; 1. Nam Theun 2's Winding History: Studies, Setbacks, and Rebrandings / Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaud; 2. Independent Guidance and International Credibility: The Panel of Experts / Dave Hubbel and Bruce Shoemaker

3. The Promises and Pitfalls of Nongovernmental Organization Consultation and Engagement / Bruce Shoemaker and Dave HubbelPart Two: Social and Environmental Context and Outcomes; 4. Ethnicity in the Nam Theun 2 Theater: A Sense of History / James R. Chamberlain; 5. Broken Pillars: The Failure of the Nakai Plateau Livelihood Resettlement Program / Glenn Hunt, Marika Samuelsson, and Satomi Higashi; 6. Social Change in the Nam Theun 2 Catchment: The Kri Experience / N. J. Enfield; 7. Elusive Conservation in the Nam Theun 2 Catchment / William Robichaurd

8. Troubles Downstream: Changes in the Xe Bang Fai River Basin / Ian G. Baird, Bruce Shoemaker, and Kanokwan Manorom9. Revenues without Accountability: Natioanl Poverty Alleviation and Nam Theun 2 / Bruce Shoemaker; Part Three: Nam Theun 2's Wider Legacy; 10. Nam Theun 2 and the Transformation of Institutions and Public Debate in Laos / Sarinda Singh; 11. Nam Theun 2, the Xe Bang Fai, and Thailand's Electricity Network / Ian G. Baird and Noah Quastel; 12. Overpowered: Limiting Liability within Thailand's Nam Theun 2 Electricity Deal / Grainne Ryder and Witoon Permpongsacharoen

13. Branding Dams: Nam Theun 2 and Its Role in Producing the Discourse of ""Sustainable Hydropower"" / Carl MiddletonConclusion: Transforming Loss / Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaurd; Afterword: Bookending Nam Theun 2 / Philip Hirsch; Bibliography; Contributors; Index