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  • Power Surge: The Impacts of Rapid Dam Development in Laos - An International Rivers Report

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) International Rivers 2008 Electricity infrastructure, Hydropower dams, Livelihood rights, Rivers and lakes
    This report presents the challenges that hydropower development poses to rural livelihoods and fragile ecosystems, and details the specific impacts caused by Lao dam projects. I...

  • Xayaburi Dam: How Laos violated the 1995 Mekong Agreement

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Herbertson, Kirk 2013 Irrigation and water management, Rivers and lakes, Water resources
    This report challenges the claim of the Laos Government that the Xayaburi Dam fully complied with the Mekong Agreement. The authors examine the language of the Mekong Agreement ...

  • Infrastructure Development in Lao PDR

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Books and book chapters Syviengxay Oraboune , Institute for Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) 2008 Infrastructure
    This report aims to provide an overall situation of the infrastructure development in Lao PDR through a review of the infrastructure development process in the country. The pape...

  • Lao PDR: Transport sector brief

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Issue and policy briefs Nogales, Alberto 2004 Airports and air travel, Roads and bridges, Transport and shipping, Transport infrastructure and facilities, Waterways and ports
    A brief about the transport sector in Laos. The author describes the transport sector, including roads, waterways and air transport. They then discuss key issues affecting the s...

  • Falling rubber prices in Northern Laos: local responses and policy options

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Case studies Thoumthone Vongvisouk, PhD, Michael Dwyer, PhD 2016 Contract farming, Domestic investors, Foreign investors, Markets, Rubber, Trade policy and regulation
    A rubber case study by Thoumthone Vongvisouk, PhD and Michael Dwyer, PhD on Falling rubber prices in Northern Laos: local responses and policy options. The report highlights the...

  • Guiding principles towards responsible agricultural investment in Lao PDR

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Issue and policy briefs James Lette, Justine Sylvester, Vanida Khouangvichit 2017 Agricultural policy and administration, Agriculture, Economic land concessions and plantations, Foreign investors, Investment, Land, Land policy and administration
    A discussion note from Mekong Region Land governance (MRLG) summarizing findings and recommendations of a multi-stakeholder initiative and study tour conducted in Southern Laos,...

  • Improving forest governance in the Mekong region

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs PROFOR 2011 Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Logging and timber
    This report identifies opportunities for regional activities to improve forest governance and combat logging in the Mekong countries. The report is based on a series of workshop...

  • Wildlife in Lao PDR 1999 status report

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Duckworth,William (ed.), Lao.Centre for Protected Areas and... 2000 Animals, Biodiversity, Environment and natural resources, Environmental and biodiversity protection, Protected areas
    Report provides annotated species lists of amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals in Lao PDR. Species accounts are presented for each species, with information on seasonal sta...

  • Balancing the returns to catchment management: The economic value of conserving natural forests in Sekong, Lao PDR

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Rosales, Rina Maria P., Kallesoe, Mikkel. F.; Gerrard, Pauline;... 2005 Forest policy and administration, Forest protection, Forest protection support, Protected forests, Regenerated forest
    A study on the economic returns of conserving forests in Sekong, Laos. The study explores the costs to Laos if natural forest regeneration (NFR) schemes were not undertaken. The...

  • Circular No. 13/BYT-TT of the MOH giving instructions for the administration of occupational health, employee's health and occupational diseases

    en Viet Nam 13/BYT-TT Circular October 24, 1996 Foreign investors, Labor policy and administration
    This Circular shall be applied to the following subjects: Undertakings employing workers including state-owned undertakings, collective and private enterprises employing workers...

  • Farmers’ Responses to Drivers of Forest Cover Change: The Case of Mae Chaem District, Thailand

    en Thailand Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Antoine Beaulieu 2017 Civil society coalitions and cooperation, Forest cover, Forest protection support
    Empirical forest transition (shift from deforestation to reforestation) literature has historically struggled to establish a single universally-accepted forest transition “theo...

  • strengthening-water-supply-sanitation-and-hygiene-sector-coordination-in-lao-pdr

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Vongkhamsao, Viengsamay, Weitz, Almud 2015 Public health, Public health assistance funding, Rural sanitation, Water and sanitation, World Bank

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  • Camps, children, chemicals, contractors & credit: field observations of labour practices in plantations & other social developments in Savannakhet and Champasak

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) R Molina, Global Association of People and the Environment (GAPE)... 2011 Economic land concessions and plantations, Labor, Social development
    Report discusses the labour practices observed and changes in the target communities. It provides detailed summary descriptions of work practices and conditions that are contras...

  • Lao Version of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT)

    en lo Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 2012 Fishing policy and administration, Food security, Forest policy and administration, Land policy and administration
    FAO published its Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security in 2012. The purpos...

  • After the Boom: Responding to Falling Rubber Prices in Northern Laos

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Thoumthone Vongvisouk, Michael Dwyer 2017 Government, Plants, Rubber
    This study examines responses to this price drop by Lao rubber growers and state institutions in northern Laos. It also examines the reasons that prices are what they are, given...

  • a-checklist-for-the-vascular-plants-of-lao-pdr

    en lo Lao People's Democratic Republic Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Newman, Mark, Ketphanh, Sounthone; Svengsuksa, Bouakhaykhone;... 2007 Biodiversity, Environment and natural resources, Environment and natural resources policy and administration, Plants

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  • Timber markets and trade between Laos and Vietnam: A commodity chain analysis of Vietnamese driven timber flow

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Forest Trends 2009 Foreign workers in country, Logging and timber, Markets
    This study examines the timber trade between Laos and Vietnam, exploring power and political dynamics of the trade between the two countries. The study has adopted a commodity c...

  • preparing-redd-in-viet-nam-lao-pdr-and-cambodia-designing-a-redd-compliant

    en Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Nguyen Quang Tan, Oberndorf, Robert; Rotha, Ken Serey; Brunner,... 2010 Climate change, Education and training, Forest cover, Forests and forestry, United Nations

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  • checkpoints-how-powerful-interest-groups-continue-to-undermine-forest-governance-in-laos

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic, Viet Nam Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations) Environmental Investigation Agency 2012 Forest industry, Forest policy and administration, Logging and timber, Trade

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  • Fundamentals of viable community forestry business models: Preliminary research findings

    en Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand Case studies Martin Greijmans, Ronnakorn Triraganon, & David Gritten 2014 Communal land, Community forest, Forest policy and administration
    Research from seven countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) in the Asia-Pacific region shows that sustainable practices are inhere...

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