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Human Development Report 2020
The HDI was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone. The HD...
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Filling Data Gaps to Support Access to Civil Rights in the Mekong Region
Mekong
Issue and policy briefs
Open Development Mekong
2021
Data gaps impact the ability of marginalized peoples in the Mekong region to access their civil rights. Supporting them to access their digital rights allows them to address and...
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The Impacts of Hydropower Dams in the Mekong River Basin: A Review
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Soukhaphon, A.; Baird, I.G.; Hogan, Z.S.
2021
This paper explores the social and environmental impacts of several Mekong basin hydropower dams and groupings of dams and the geographies of their impacts; the examination of t...
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A Matter of Trust: Building Integrity into Data, Statistics and Records to Support the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
Global
Books and book chapters
Cleophas Ambira, Adrian Brown, Pyrou Chung, David Giaretta, Andrew...
2020
This book explores, through a series of case studies, the substantial challenges for assembling reliable data and statistics to address pressing development challenges. Hopefull...
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Forest Change in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) An Overview of Negative and Positive Drivers
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Yurdi Yasmi, Patrick Durst, Rehan Ul Haq, & Jeremy Broadhead
2017
Forests in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) have been undergoing change in the last 25 years due to various factors. Positive and negative changes occur at the same time. Ther...
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Posters: 9 Tips to Stay Safe Online in the Age of COVID-19
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Open Development Mekong and national team members, Open...
2020
9 Tips to Stay Safe Online in the Age of COVID-19
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Internews Social Media Rumour Bulletin
China, South-eastern Asia
Issue and policy briefs
Internews
2020
Collection of bulletins on misinformation/disinformation/rumours spread by social media, collected by Internews, on the COVID-19 pandemic
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Rapid Gender Analysis during COVID-19 Pandemic: Mekong Sub-Regional Report
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
CARE Australia, Global Programs and Partnerships, and Gender in...
2020
This unprecedented crisis unfolds against many existing challenges including persistent gender inequalities, existing inequalities in access to health, weak health infrastructur...
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Data for Development: The Road Ahead
Global
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Fabrizio Scrollini, Katie Clancy, Silvana Fumega and Ana Sofia Ruiz
2020
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
Cambodia, China, Global, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
International Annual UN-Water Zaragoza Conference 2013
2013
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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Thailand’s Seafood Slaves: Human Trafficking, Slavery and Murder in Kantang’s Fishing Industry
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental Justice Foundation
2015
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
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Sosamphanh, Bounthavy, Senedouangdeth, Dexanourath; Phouxay,...
2008
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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COVID-19 crisis and the informal economy Immediate responses and policy challenges
Global
Issue and policy briefs
International Labour Organisation (ILO)
2020
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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The Role of Special Economic Zones in Improving Effectiveness of Greater Mekong Subregion
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asia Development Bank
2018
The paper first reviews the global literature on SEZs and the history of SEZs in the GMS, with emphasis on particular features of border SEZs when two bordering countries have d...
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Nakhon Phanom community demands justice from SEZ development
Thailand
Archived web content
2018
In 2015 the military government decided to complement the bridge with a Special Economic Zone (SEZ). As one of ten provincial SEZs declared in that year, the Nakhon Phanom SEZ i...
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Industrial Estate to Be Established in the Narathiwat Special Economic Zone
Thailand
Archived web content
2017
Director of the Narathiwat Provincial Industry Office Buddhikorn Wichadit said that the Policy Committee on Special Economic Zones, chaired by Prime Minister General Prayut Chan...
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A Visit to the Mother River
Thailand
Archived web content
Peter Bosshard and Sarah Bardeen
2016
The Mekong, which local people call their Mother River (or Mae Khong), is central to Chiang Khong’s way of life. However, its environment has been damaged as special economic zo...
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Mekong Communities Speak Out for Their Natural Heritage
Thailand
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Sophie Ironside
2017
More than 500 people gathered along the banks of the Mekong River in Chiang Khong, Thailand on February 5 to take a stand against plans to blast away the Khon Pi Luang rapids ju...
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Chiang Khong district
Thailand
Archived web content
Chiang Khong The Logistics City With a well-equipped infrastructure, including the roads linking the ASEAN R3B Road through the Thailand-Laos Friendship Bridge 4 The gateway to ...
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2019 Trafficking in Persons Report: Thailand
Thailand
Archived web content
2019
The Government of Thailand does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated o...