Final Paper - Table of Contents
November 2000

• 1.Introduction
• 1.1 Context of the Pak Mun dam and Mekong river basin
• 1.2 Water Resources Development Projects on Mun - Chi Basin
• 1.3 State of Aquatic Bio-diversity, Water quality and Fisheries on Mun-Chi Basin
• 1.3.1 Development of Water Resources
• 1.3.2 Hydropower Development
• 1.3.3 Deforestation
• 1.3.4 Domestic Waste Water.
• 1.3.5 Agriculture
• 1.3.6 Fisheries
• 1.3.7 Industrial Waste Water.
• 1.3.8 Saline Soils
• 1.3.9 Water Quality Standards
• 1.3.10 Aquatic Bio-diversity and Fisheries
• 1.4 The Power Sector in Thailand
• 2. The Pak Mun Project: Description
• 3. Brief History of the Pak Mun Project.
• 4.Projected Versus actual Costs, Benefits and Impact of the Pak Mun Project.
• 4.1 Cost of the Project
• 4.1.1 The Predicted and Actual Costs
• 4.2 Benefits of the Project - The Predicted and Actual Benefits: Hydropower
• 4.2.1 Projected versus Actual Mun River Runoff.
• 4.2.2 Projected versus Actual Economic Benefits of the Pak Mun Hydropower Project
• 4.3 The Predicted and Actual Benefits: Irrigation
• 4.4 Predicted and benefits – Tourism
• 4.5 Impacts of the Pak Mun Project - Aquatic Bio-diversity and Fisheries aspects
• 4.5.1 Actual Impacts on Fishing Yields
• 4.5.2 Actual Impact: Bio-diversity Aspects of Fisheries
• 4.5.3 Unpredicted Outcome: Mitigation and Compensatory Measures
• 4.6 Impact of Pak Mun Project - Social Aspects
• 4.6.1 Predicted Impacts
• 4.6.2 Actual impacts: Fresh assessment and affected people's views
• 4.6.3 Incomes
• 4.7 Resettlement: projected and actual impacts
• 4.8 Impact of Pak Mun Project - Ecological and Environmental Aspects
• 4.8.1 Key Issues
• 4.8.2 Findings
• 5. Options Assessment and Decision making process.
• 5.1 Options and Decision making in Compensation Criteria and Provisions
• 5.1.1 Compensation for Affected People during Dam Construction
• 5.2 Decision-making, Participation and Conflicts
• 5.2.1 EGAT promotional campaign and intensified tensions among villagers
• 6. Criteria and Guidelines, Policy Evolution and Compliance
• 6.1 Hydropower Aspect
• 6.2 Environment Policies on Dam and Reservoir Construction
• 6.2.1 Other Laws and Procedures
• 7.Summary Findings
• 7.1 What were the predicted versus actual benefits, costs, and impacts?
• 7.2 What were the unexpected impacts, if any?
• 7.3 Impact on Livelihood
• 7.4 What was the distribution of costs and benefits: who gained and who lost?
• 7.5 How were the decisions made?
• 7.6 Did the project comply with the criteria and guidelines of the day?
• 7.7 How would this project be viewed in today's context?
• 8. Lessons Learned.
• 9. EGAT'S Comments on June 2000 version of Pak Mum Report
• 9.1 General Comments
• 9.1.1 Standard of Documentation Format:
• 9.1.2 Use of Incredible Data
• 9.1.3 Misleading Conclusion:
• 9.1.4 Unfair Conclusion:
• 9.2 Benefits from Hydro Power
• 9.2.1 Economic Justification
• 9.2.2 Economic Justification
• 9.2.3 Financial Analysis
• 9.3 Fisheries Aspects
• 9.3.1 Methodologies and Data Used
• 9.4 Social Aspect
• 9.5 Resettlement Aspect
• 9.6 Ecological and Environmental Aspects
• 9.7 Public Health Aspect
• 10. World Bank Comments on June 2000 Version of the Pak Mun Report
• 10.1 General Comments by the World Bank
• 10.2 Bank's Views on Key Aspects of the Pak Mun Project
• 10.3 Bank's Views on the Presentation and Conclusions of the WCD Report
• 10.4 Annex I Projected and Actual Costs and Benefits of Hydropower
• 10.5 Annex II - Aquatic Bio-diversity and Fisheries
• 10.5.1 Part 1: World Bank Comments
• 10.5.2 Part 2: Response from the Fisheries Study Team to The World Bank's Comments
• 10.6 Annex III Social Aspects
• References
• Endnotes