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Captioning sponsored by Annenberg Cpb narrator the geographic region of Southeast Asia and South Pacific is characterized by political and economic disparity, a mosaic of small countries scattered on peninsulas and islands. We begin in laos, Southeast Asias only landlocked country. A long history of isolation has protected its Natural Resources and indigenous cultures. Laos today is beginning to court the Global Economy through the sale of hydroelectric power. Here, we ask if laos can achieve Sustainable Development, generating Economic Growth while maintaining the integrity of its indigenous populations and its natural environment. The mekong river traces an 1,100mile path through or along the border of laos. The river has also been a barrier between laos and its neighbors. Now there is a road, where before there was none. In 1994, the friendship bridge gave laos its first land link with the outside world, through thailand to the west. The bridge may symbolize a connected future, but

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