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Drivers of poverty reduction in Lao PDR october 2015
Poverty continues to decline, Lao PDR met the MDG target of halving extreme poverty
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The judicial system in Thailand: An outlook for a new century
A report about Thailand’s judicial system, with chapters written by seven judges from various courts of justice in Thailand. The report covers (i) historical background of the j...
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Policy versus reality in the Lao forestry sector
This article is concerned with the newest incarnation of community forestry in Laos, called “participatory sus-tainable forest management,” or PSFM. In essence, this type of com...
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Renewable Energy Developments and Potential in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Renewable energy alternatives in the form of solar, wind, biomass, and biogas address these imperatives, not as solutions but as nonetheless important steps toward sustainable a...
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2017- Lao PDR SDG datasheet
The report examines the progress towards the SDGs implementation in Lao PDR and their targets. Despite some gaps in data and indicators, the report identifies patterns of where ...
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Current trends of rubber plantation expansion may threaten biodiversity and livelihoods 2015
Although rubber is produced successfully in some marginal environment–as many hardy clones have been developed – there are also numerous reports of failures associated with en...
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Junta’s attempt to ‘return forest’ hurts the poor
This is an article about reclaiming land by the Royal Forest Department officials from the farmers in Mae Ngao National Park in the northern province of Mae Hong Son.
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The Food Insecurity Experience Scale: Measuring food insecurity through people’s experiences
The FIES is a metric of severity of food insecurity at the household or individual level that relies on people’s direct yes/no responses to eight brief questions regarding their...
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Enhancing sustainable of diverse agriculture in Lao People's Democratic republic December 2005
To investigate the socio-economic impacts of recent development and the economic environment, including trade liberalization on upland agriculture at the village level. To iden...
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Fish problems die in the pond.
This case will be presented on the problem of dead fish in Natham Village, Pak Ngum District, Vientiane Capital, which affects people's livelihoods And issues concerning the ...
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Quantitative Indicators for Common Property Tenure Security
Secure access to natural resources through systems of common property forms the basis for the livelihoods of many of the world’s poor.
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Domestic violence of Cambodia, provincial level (2010)
Province-level data is derived from the Commune Database, produced by the NCDD (National Committee for Subnational Democratic Development). This file contains excerpts of the Da...
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New Challenges and Strategies in Defense of Land and Territory
What is happening with the land and natural wealth around the world, and to the people who depend on them? How are people responding to these trends, threats, and challenges?In ...
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REDD+ at the crossroads: Choices and tradeoffs for 2015-2020 in Laos
This study examines key choices and tradeoffs that confront current efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) in Laos. Drawing on key inform...
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The Conflict in Southern Thailand
This paper examines the insurgency in Southern Thailand. It offers an analysis of the historical, political, economic, religious and cultural influences in this conflict. It fin...
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Law on the archives
This law aims to administer and preserve the historical archives and showcase legal entity and legal person in researching to develop the nation.
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Sector-Wide Impact Assessment of Myanmar’s ICT Sector
This Sector Wide Impact Assessment (SWIA) carried out by the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business (MCRB), in partnership with its co-founders, the Institute of Human Rights a...
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The river ‘is not for sale’ warn Mekong villages
The locals of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand describe their lives as “three days of fishing, two days of drying the nets”. They fish the river in the rainy season, then as the ...
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Soils types of Cambodia
Soil polygons. Attributes include: type of soil (FAO classification – full name), abbreviations, found in ‘FAO, 1988. FAO/Unesco Soil Map of the World Revised Legend, with corre...
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7th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (2011-2015), Draft Executive Summary 2010
The Sixth National Socio-Economic Development Plan was prepared based on the overall targets of the Socio-Economic Development Strategy until the year 2020 and Resolution of the...