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With the aim of promoting national food security, the Vietnamese government enforces the designation of around 35 per cent of agricultural land strictly for paddy rice...

This paper examines the impact of the 1993 Land Law of Vietnam which gave households the power to exchange, transfer, lease, inherit and mortgage their land-use rights. The...

Governments and international agencies frequently boast that small farmers control the largest share of the world's agricultural land. Inaugurating 2014 as the International...

The basic idea of “payments for environmental services”, or PES, is to create incentives for individuals and communities to protect environmental services by compensating them...

This is a rich information source that can be used as an advocacy tool for advancing decent work in Viet Nam. The report provides an overview of recent labour market trends in...

This paper uses panel data at commune, household, and plot levels to study the causes and effects of agricultural land fragmentation in rural Viet Nam. We focus on both...

Data on the LMCs on Key Dimensions of Water Security, developed by ADB.

The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Outlook report aims to develop a shared understanding of the opportunities and challenges confronting the region. This report...

This report examines the lives of poor men, women, and children and explores the constraints and opportunities they face today in rising out of poverty. It builds on a rich...

Saline intrusion has been increasing (in terms of scale and duration), causing negative impacts upon water resources changes and leading to water shortage in the Tra Vinh’s...

This Decree provides for forest protection and development plannings and plans; allocation of forests, lease of forests, recovery of forests, conversion of forest use purposes,...

This report, following the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), reviews ASEAN–ADB cooperation, focusing on ADB’s role and operations in strategic areas of cooperation...

Building on Thailand’s Revised Information Paper/Matrix: Compilation of Possible Complementarities between the ASEAN Community Blueprints 2025 and the 2030 Agenda for...

The origins of this publication can be traced back to discussions between an Asian Development Bank (ADB) team led by Ayumi Konishi, director general for East Asia Department,...

The Pacific operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cover 14 developing member countries (DMCs). These countries have established national policies and institutions to...

This year’s Asian Economic Integration Report (AEIR) continues to chronicle progress in regional cooperation and integration (RCI) in Asia and the Pacific. Despite an improved...

The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). To commemorate this event, ADB has produced ADB Through the Decades, a series of volumes to provide...

The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). To commemorate this event, ADB has produced ADB Through the Decades, a series of volumes to provide...

The Heads of State/Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the People’s Republic of China, gathered on the 50th Anniversary of...

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...