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Build Better, Build Right: A New Tool for Sustainable, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
Honduras is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change. With rising temperatures, it has borne the brunt of ever more frequent severe weather...
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Thailand Issues Third COVID-19 Stimulus Package
On April 7, 2020, the Thai government issued its third stimulus package worth 1.9 trillion baht (US$58 billion) to mitigate the economic impact caused by the COVID-19 outbreak....
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Solidarity in precarity: food delivery riders in Thailand’s gig economy
A summary of our recent research, originally published on newmandada.org. On-demand food delivery apps are booming in Thailand, where consumption patterns offer a readily...
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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...
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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...
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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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Open for Business: Colombia’s Data-Driven Procurement Reforms Increase Competition
Open contracting helps Colombian governments boost participation & competitive tendering in a market where direct awards are common Urgency for reforms came from...
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Up to 2.7 million Thai travel, hospitality and tourism workers unemployed by September
The president of the Thai Tourism Industry Council says confidence among Thailand’s tourism business operators fell to the lowest level in a decade during the second quarter...
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Laos kicks off new school year amid effective COVID-19 control
Article from Xinhua Net announcing Laos school reopenings
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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...
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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...
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A Guide to The Thai Green Label Scheme
The scheme is developed to promote the concept of resource conservation, pollution reduction, and waste management. The purposes of awarding the green label are: • To provide...
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Mass unemployment the new normal in SE Asia
A new International Labor Organization report suggests that more than one in six young people worldwide has stopped working since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, while the...
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NESDC: 14.4m workers at risk
Thailand may lose up to 14.4 million jobs in the second and third quarters, largely because of the coronavirus outbreak and widespread drought, says the government’s planning...
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គោលការណ៍ណែនាំថ្មីទាក់ទងនឹងជំងឺកូវីដ-១៩ ស្តីពីសិទ្ធិមានលំនៅឋាន
គោលការណ៍ណែនាំថ្មីចំនួនបីទាក់ទងនឹងជំងឺកូវីដ-១៩ ស្តីពីសិទ្ធិមានលំនៅឋាន ចេញផ្សាយដោយអ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសស្តីពីលំនៅឋានសមរម្យនៅក្នុងបរិបទកូវីដ-១៩ និងការការពារអ្នកដែលរស់នៅដោយគ្មានផ្ទះសម្ប...
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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...
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វិជ្ជាជីវៈសារព័ត៌មាន “ដំណឹងក្លែងក្លាយ” និងព័ត៌មានមិនពិត
សៀវភៅនេះមានគោលបំណងផ្តល់នូវគោលការណ៍ណែនាំ និងការយល់ដឹងជាមូលដ្ឋានសម្រាប់អ្នកសារព័ត៌មាន និងអ្នកអានពាក់ព័ន្ធនៃពាក្យដំណឹងក្លែងក្លាយ និងព័ត៌មានមិនពិត។
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តំបន់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិសេស Kerry Worldbridge បើកការដ្ឋានសាង់សង់
យោងទៅតាមព័ត៌មានដែលចេញផ្សាយដោយ គេហទំព័រ Cambodian Construction Association នៅឆ្នាំ២០១៥តាមរយៈតំណរភ្ជាប់ URL https://www.construction-property.com/kerry-worldbridge-sez-breaks-grou...
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Thai ethnical groups who must not be forgotten
After Thai society had conflicts, a group of intellectuals fled the city and went to the jungle, and meet with other ethnic groups who do not call themselves Thai. But it is a...