Social development - Open Development Mekong https://opendevelopmentmekong.net Sharing information about Mekong and its development with the world. Tue, 25 Feb 2020 08:09:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en-US Gender and infrastructure development Infrastructure development has both positive and negative impacts on many different communities. Such development can take up large amounts of land and require many people to move. They impact various segments of communities differently, especially women. For instance, women are rarely represented in public participation processes for infrastructure projects that significantly impact water, like dams […]

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]]> https://opendevelopmentmekong.net/topics/gender-and-infrastructure-development/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gender-and-infrastructure-development Social development Over the last two decades, the countries of the Lower Mekong Basin have all experienced economic development and social transformation. While results are encouraging over all, the improvements across development indicators are not always equal, and as the disparity between the growing urban classes and rural poor increases, and demographic changes continue, some inequality still exists in the region.

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