Nouvelle traduction : Social justice and mining exploitation in Lao PDR

Article

Éric MOTTET and Frédéric LASSERRE contributed to the collective publication "Inequalities and environmental changes in the Mekong region" (AFD Éditions), coordinated by HUYNH Thi Phuong Linh, Stéphane LAGRÉE, Etienne ESPAGNE and Alexis DROGOUL, with the chapter entitled "Social justice and mining exploitation in Lao PDR".

This collective publication is freely available on the Agence française de développement website (AFD) : download.

Directed by Etienne Espagne, Huynh Thi Phuong Linh, Stéphane Lagrée et Alexis Drogoul
AFD editions, collection Special Edition, 242 p.
isbn : 978-2-37902-015-5

English text

The present volume makes a timely and practical contribution to research endeavours and policy debates concerned with sustainability in the Mekong region.The authors notably address the problem of variable interpretations and implied meanings of equity contained in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Apart from goals 11-14, the remaining SDGs refer to equitable access, sharing or opportunities as an outcome of sustainable development. What is not immediately evident from the SDG framework and language is a clear understanding of what equity entails. Variable interpretations and the interchangeability of equity, justice and equality have compromised the formulation of a coherent analytical framework and comparative analysis of efforts to correct inequalities.