Abstract--- The Nam Theun 2 (NT2) hydropower project has been regarded as a means to

decrease poverty in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) through encouraging
social and economic growth. Along with a lot of more suggested hydropower tasks, there is
long term worries for the Lao governing in the case of curbing advantageous hydropower
within the location. The actual improvement from the NT2 project task allowed towns to
become included as well as connect their own views as well as issues throughout the various
phases associated with task improvement. The NT2 project also involved a wide range of
stakeholders to oversee the implementation of the project.

This particular research examines the actual effects associated with hydropower dams about
the modernization associated with Laos since the 1990s. Hydropower dams in Laos happen to
be an important vehicle for obtaining hard currency, attaining lower income decrease, as well
as getting power protection. The research looks at the actual impact which hydropower-
centered improvement methods within Laos have experienced upon financial improvement,
ecosystems, as well as nearby livelihoods through the case study of the NT2 Dam.