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Commodifying Sovereignty: Special Economic Zone and the Neoliberalization of the Lao Frontier
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Pinkaew Laungaramsri
2015
Laos has followed its Chinese neighbor in creating the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as part of the new economic engine that allows distinctive economic policies and flexible go...
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Doing business in Lao PDR : constraints to productivity
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
World Bank
2018
New available data suggests that the business environment in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (PDR) is not improving, and may be deteriorating. The main constraints to doing busi...
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Law on Social Security Schemes
Cambodia
NS/RKM/1119/018
Law
November 2, 2019
This law aims to establish the social security scheme of the Kingdom of Cambodia to ensure equity and social solidarity and to promote the welfare and livelihood of the people. ...
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ASEAN Key Figures 2018
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ASEAN Secretariat
2018
The ASEAN Key Figures 2018 is the inaugural issue of a new publication by the Statistics Division (ASEAN stats) of the ASEAN Secretariat. The publication provides rea...
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Adolescent and Youth Situation Analysis Lao People’s Democratic Republic “Investing in young people is investing in the future”
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union
2014
This report provides an overview of adolescents and youth in Lao PDR in areas like education, health, employment, and protection.
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United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) Phase III [2007-2013]
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
UNIAP
2013
The report is organized into four key themes, i.e. capacity building and setting standards; promoting evidence-based programming and policy making; coordination, collaboration, ...
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Lao National Survey on Women's Health and Life Experiences 2014: A Study on Violence against Women
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Lao PDR
2015
There is growing recognition globally and also in Lao PDR that VAW is a serious public health problem and a violation of women's human rights. Yet in Lao PDR, VAW is culturally ...
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Human Trafficking Snapshot: Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Advocacy and promotional materials
International Organization of Migration
2018
This Human Trafficking Snapshot was developed to provide background for practitioners who want to conduct counter trafficking activities in Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao ...
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Broken promises shattered dreams a profile of child trafficking in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF
2011
This study, which profiles the phenomena of child trafficking, provides insight into the underlying factors and causes of trafficking. It identifies trafficking routes and metho...
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Global Monitoring Status of Action Against Sexual Exploitation of Children: Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ECPAT International
2017
The publication provides information on national plans of action and policies on the protection of children. It also discusses prevention and protection approaches, specifically...
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The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
2011
This study on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Lao PDR was commissioned through a joint collaboration between the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, UNICEF ...
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Voluntarism and Regional Integration: ASEANs 20 Years of Cooperation on Human Trafficking
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jadice Lau
2017
What does ASEANs twenty-year cooperation on human trafficking say about regional integration? This paper assesses ASEANs capacity to solve the regions long-lasting human traffic...
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Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Uncovering the Dynamics of State Commitment and Compliance
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Catherine Renshaw
2016
In Part I of this Article, Renshaw explains some of the current theories about how and why states come to adopt human rights norms and then translates these norms into laws and ...
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Five-Year Strategic Plan for Health Information System in Myanmar (2011-2015)
Myanmar
Issue and policy briefs
Department of Health Planning, Ministry of Health
The Health Information System Strategic Plan (2011-2015) is the first strategic plan for Health Information System in Myanmar. Before that all activities conducted for strengthe...
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Customary Land Management and Legal Frameworks: Experiences from Around the World
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jason Lubanski, EthJason Lubanskinic Community Development Forum (ECDF)
2014
This purpose of this paper is to present a brief summary of the issues and current situations facing ethnic and indigenous communities around the world that are using a customar...
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Exploration License No. 1100 on Authorizing ZTakry Mining Joint Stock Ltd to Conduct Metallic Ores Exploration
Cambodia
This license authorizes ZTakry Mining Joint Stock Ltd, address house number 9B, Street 338, Sangkat Toul Svay Prey 1, Khan Chamka Morn, Phnom Penh, to conduct metallic ores expl...
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Sub-decree No. 93 on the classification of state public land for the construction of a 400 MW power plant with a port for oil and gas tankers, electric utility, and oil and gas station in Koh Reah Krom village, Koh Reah commune, Lvea Em district Kandal province
Cambodia
93
Sub-decree
July 11, 2019
About 43 hectares of land for the construction of a 400 MW power plant with a port for oil and gas tankers, electric utility, and oil and gas station in Koh Reah Krom village, K...
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Briefing Paper on Research on Agricultural Investments
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ICCO, LIFT, FSWG, Food Security Working Group, Interchurch...
2015
Agricultural investments are crucial to improve productivity and to raise the incomes and food security. Investments by small-holder farmers themselves are the main source of ag...
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Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Afghanistan, American Samoa, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Korea, Republic of, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna
November 25, 2019
Source: The World Bank Database
Data from the World Bank database on Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) for all countries.
