The Mekong Infrastructure Tracker platform is the premier resource for researchers to track, monitor, and quantify the development of energy, transportation, and water infrastructure assets and the social, economic, and ecological changes they bring to South East Asia. The Mekong Infrastructure Tracker is hosted by the Stimson Center and supported by the USAID Mekong Safeguards activity, which is implemented by The Asia Foundation. Find data by browsing or searching, build new geographic information products, and explore existing maps and apps.
Data Tool
Query and collect summary information about infrastructure projects in the Mekong region.
Data Tool
Identify potential impacts of infrastructure development in the Mekong region
Data Tool
Generate customized maps showing suitable areas for infrastructure development in the Mekong region
Regan Kwan
Data Tool
Track forest loss and impact of infrastructure development on forests across the Mekong region
Regan Kwan
Data & Resources
Reports & Papers
Report
A 2020 review of the data and activities for the Mekong Infrastructure Tracker
Courtney Weatherby
• Regan Kwan
• Brian Eyler...
Additional Research
Interactive
As a major power investor in Laos and rising electricity trading hub, Thailand holds significant influence over regional power development
Courtney Weatherby
• Allison Carr
• Regan Kwan
Interactive
The Kunming-Vientiane Railway is slated to begin operating in 2021, five years after construction on the project officially commenced.
Allison Carr
Interactive
Hydropower in the 3S Basin could help meet skyrocketing electricity demand, but dams threaten fisheries and agriculture in the Mekong Basin
Courtney Weatherby
• Allison Carr
• Regan Kwan
Interactive
An excess of hydropower development in the Mekong Basin and a sub-optimal application of ESG safeguards are driving the river to ruin.
Brian Eyler
• Allison Carr
• Brendan Stewart...
Report
A 2020 review of the data and activities for the Mekong Infrastructure Tracker
Courtney Weatherby
• Regan Kwan
• Brian Eyler...
Impact
Stimson is building data tools to democratize information and encourage smart resource, energy, and climate planning
Op-Ed
Japan has supported infrastructure development in Southeast Asia for decades, and there is clear and growing political will for the United States and Japan to cooperate.
Courtney Weatherby
