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MekongCommons.org from Bangkok :

Thank you for this article - a great source of

information and analysis to shed the light on

the kind of so-called development project that

does actually brings more negative impacts than

benefits to local people. It is sadly true. Here

is also a recent article regarding the Lao's

Bokeo casino that exels the negative impacts of

gambling business in which endangering local

livelihoods, dispossessing farmers of land and

inviting armed crime into previously quiet rural

areas. Laos Vegas: Rolling the dice on rural

development http://www.mekongcommons.org/laos-

vegas-rolling-dice-rural-development/