This paper is based on an unpublished monograph on "Klang Dan Villagers Challenge the Asian Development Bank: The Case of the Samut Prakam Wastewater Treatment Project". This research was made possible by an Asian Scholarship Foundation (ASF)of the Ford Foundation Follow-Up Grant in 2002 to the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University Japan and the Southeast Asian Studies Program (SEASP), The National University of Singapore.