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Building Resiliency in the Pacific: How ADB is Addressing Climate Change and Disaster Risks
The Pacific operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cover 14 developing member countries (DMCs). These countries have established national policies and institutions to ad...
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Direction of agricultural and forestry development plans by 2020-2010 and five-year V plan (2001-2005)
Over the past years, especially during the period of implementation of the Resolution of the Sixth General Assembly, the Fourth Economic and Social Development Plan (1996-2000),...
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Vietnam committed working with the international community to respond to climate change
By 2030, with domestic resources, Viet Nam committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 8% compared to conventional development scenarios and could reduce it by 25% if ...
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Educational Disparities of Ethnic Minorities in Lao PDR with Comparative Cases from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand
The aim of this thesis has been to explore and systematize the factors and influences, gendered perspectives, and interrelationships in educational equality in Lao PDR with comp...
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Procurement as Part of Good Governance in New Malaysia: Challenges and Recommendations
Public procurement remains an important tool for many countries in the world to stimulate economic growth while addressing socio-economic needs. In Malaysia, the government spen...
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015: SDG 13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
While the deadline for achieving all 17 Sustainable Development Goals is 15 years into the future, Goal 13 calls for “urgent” action to combat climate change and its adverse imp...
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Hydropower resettlement and livelihood adaptation: The Nam Mang 3 project in Laos February 2015
Hydropower development in the vicinity of the Nam Mang 3 hydropower project has impacted farming households and communities. The impacts vary with household access to livelihood...
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The Study on Special Economic Zone Development in Border Area (Savannakhet Province) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Summary
This report offers a summary of 'the Study on Special Economic Zone Development in Border Area (Savannakhet Province) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic', which is a work plan...
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An analysis of trade facilitation and import/export processes in Cambodia
Cambodia’s policy development framework is defined in the ‘Rectangular Strategy for Growth, Empowerment, Equality and Efficiency’. This is graphically represented as an ‘integra...
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Overview of Vietnam surface water
This report outlines the important features of Vietnam surface water in 3 regions, the current situation, challenges, future management recommendation for useage of surface water.
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Integration environment project for reducing poverty in Laos 2012 and ecosystem service by reseach in Oudomxay
The purpose of the report is to provide information that highlights the evidence and practical policy options to support the transformation of the Lao economy to sustainable de...
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Stronger Collaboration, Better Health: global action plan for healthy lives and well-being for all. Strengthening collaboration among multilateral organizations to accelerate country progress on the health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 – ensuring health and well-being for all at all ages – is critical to achieving progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Bec...
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Adolescent and Youth Situation Analysis Lao People’s Democratic Republic “Investing in young people is investing in the future”
This report provides an overview of adolescents and youth in Lao PDR in areas like education, health, employment, and protection.
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Commercialization of Rice and Vegetables Value Chains in Lao PDR : Status and Prospects
Rice is Lao PDR's biggest agricultural commodity in terms of farmers involved in production, cropland area allocated, and food consumption. Rice also generates important economi...
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Governance and participation in Laos JUNE 2003
This quote captures the focus of this Study. It examines whether the two legs of Good Governance and Participatory Development are in place and propelling the Peopleís Democra...
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Impacts and Effectiveness of Logging Bans in Natural Forests: Thailand
At the seventeenth session the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC), member countries requested FAO to implement a study of the efficacy of removing natural forests from timb...
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Cambodian journal of natural history
This volume of the Cambodia’s peer-reviewed scientific periodical was published in 2012 by Centre for Biodiversity Conservation. This journal addresses the information on the co...
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Flows of Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by Host Country and Source Country (in million US$)
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows record the value of cross-border transactions related to direct investment during a year which consist of equity transactions, reinvestment...
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Restricted Rights: Migrant Women Workers in Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia
This report presents the results of new research into the lives and conditions facing migrant women workers in Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia. In particular, it presents the fi...
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Agro-ecological assessment of Phonxay District, Luang Phrabang Province, Lao PDR
Assessment of Phaxay District in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR, including biophysical information, socio-economic, demographic and administrative data collected for the purpose of crea...