A new dam funded by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and hailed as a windfall for Laos may end up doing more harm than good to one of the world's poorest nations and its vulnerable farmers, several independent development groups say...[refers to Nam Theun 2 Power Company Limited (NTPC), owned by consortium comprising EDF, Laos govt., Electricity Generating Public Company of Thailand, Italian-Thai Development Public Company]