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Agricultural Marketing Reform and Rural Economy in Myanmar: The Successful Side of the Reform
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of marketing reforms implemented in the late 1980s in Myanmar. Particular emphasis is placed on the impact of the reform on th...
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Biodiversity, Human Rights and Business in Myanmar
This briefing paper explores the relationship between biodiversity, human rights, society and business in Myanmar, with particular reference to the oil and gas, mining and touri...
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Resistance and Reclamation: A study of joint CSO / local group efforts to contest land grabs in Myanmar’s rural communities
This research in Ayeyawaddy and Kachin suggests that trainings on knowledge about new laws and policies pertaining to land issues can be used by regional CSOs in partnership wit...
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Measuring Myanmar’s starting point for the Sustainable Development Goals
To monitor and evaluate the implementation of the SDGs, reliable and accurate data that reflect the current situations of the country is indispensible. Hence, this “Baseline Dat...
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The Sustainable Development Report 2019: Thailand
The Sustainable Development Report 2019 presents the SDG Index and Dashboards for all UN member states and frames the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...
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Data for Development: The Road Ahead
This report is the result of the Data, Artificial Intelligence and Society workshop that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay in March 2020 and was co-hosted by ILDA and IDRC. The ...
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Key lessons learnt on promoting water cooperation
A summary of key lessons learnt on promoting water cooperation. The lessons are organized around two key issues: tools for enabling and sustaining cooperation and tools for impr...
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Informal Workers in Urban Thailand: A Statistical Snapshot
The Government of Thailand has put in place programmes that extend social security coverage to workers in the informal economy. Additional legal protections are provided to dome...
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Thailand’s Seafood Slaves: Human Trafficking, Slavery and Murder in Kantang’s Fishing Industry
This report builds on over three years of in-depth research and field investigations to first expose abuse and then critically assess claims that slavery and 'pirate' fishing in...
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‘Whether you go illegally or legally in the end it’s the same, you’re cheated’ - A study of formal and informal recruitment practices of Lao workers migrating to Thailand
The research presented in this report would not have been possible without the cooperation of numerous individuals, organisations, and companies. The research team is particular...
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Rural-urban migration and employment quality: A case study from Thailand
This study investigates the effects of rural–urban migration on economic development in Thailand. It draws upon a panel database of 2,000 rural households collected from 2008 to...
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COVID-19 crisis and the informal economy Immediate responses and policy challenges
At the end of April 2020, the number of COVID-19 infections had exceeded 2.8 million cases worldwide, with the death toll nearing 195,000, and 210 countries and territories affe...
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COVID-19 employment and labour market impact in Thailand
The COVID-19 related impact on the economy in Thailand through both direct (generated by domestic lockdown) and indirect (supply and demand shocks in supply chains, including to...
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New COVID-19 Guidance Notes on Housing Rights
Three guidance notes on housing rights issued by the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing on COVID-19 and the protection of those living in homelessness, informal settlement, ...
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Country Gender Assessment for Lao PDR: Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Opportunity
This assessment synthesizes information and findings from recent literature and research on gender issues in Lao PDR for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank’s (W...
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Journalism, fake news & disinformation: handbook for journalism education and training
This book aims to provide a basic guideline and fundamental understanding for all journalists and relevant readers of the term Fake News and Disinformation.
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Kerry Worldbridge SEZ Breaks Ground
According to the news published by the Cambodian Construction Association website in 2015 through URL https://www.construction-property.com/kerry-worldbridge-sez-breaks-ground/...
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BTI 2016: Thailand country report
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) analyzes and evaluates the quality of democracy, a market economy and political management in 129 developing and transition...
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BTI 2014. Thailand country report
The Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) 2014 report for Thailand. The BTI analyzes and evaluates countries' movements toward democracy and a market economy. For 12...
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Global warming scapegoat: A new punishment measure imposed on indigenous peoples for practicing their sustainable traditional livelihood activities
A brief about the Government of Thailand's arrest of two Karen farmers as they cleared fields for shifting cultivation, their traditional method of farming. The authors raise co...