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A Disharmonious Trade: China and the Continued Destruction of Burma’s Northern Frontier Forests
This is the third in a series of reports on illegal logging in Burma. It is based on field research carried out between 2005 and 2009 in Kachin State, along the Burma-China bord...
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Bent Roads: Exploring the Impact of Development Projects in Two Communities in Myanmar
This report outlines the findings from community-based research on gravel extraction and road building in two villages in Win Yay Township, Dooplaya District, which is situated ...
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The socio-geography of mining and hydro in Lao PDR
This paper aims to analyze the spatial distribution of mining and hydro projects in Lao PDR.
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Research Report: Political Role of Customary Law in Ethnic Minority Community Development in Vietnam
Under the project "Capacity Building for the Vietnam Lawyers Association", UNDP supported the Social Policy and Environment Research Institute (SPERI) in collaboration with The ...
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Participatory poverty assessment: Lao PDR
The second PPA of Lao PDR, analyzing 95 villages in 47 districts to understand the experience of poor people in the country and their perspective on solutions to eradicating pov...
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Decree of Administration of the Government of the Lao PDR No. 99 / PM, 23/06/2008
The decree sets out the types of administrative positions of the government to meet the demands of the new administration of civil servants, which serve as a basis for the appoi...
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About a river: Profling the Nam Ou 2016
Close to 75 % of people in the three Nam Ou River Basin provinces in rural areas. on average 15% of the rural people int he Nam Ou River Basin o not have road access. Phongsaly ...
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Housing and land rights issues in Cambodia: Annex to Parallel Report submitted to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
This document is prepared as an Annex to the Parallel Report and focuses on land and housing rights issues. Violations of housing and land rights are widely viewed as the major ...
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THE PATHET LAO Leadership and Organization
The cease-fire in Laos agreed to on February 21, 1973, has brought a welcome interruption to the large-scale violence.
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Annual report on agriculture, forestry and fishery situation in 2013
This report updates the situation of agricultural, forestry and fishery administration outputs, plus factors that pose challenges for agricultural productivity in 2013. The repo...
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The Study on Special Economic Zone Development in Border Area (Savannakhet Province) in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Main Report
This report is a study on Special Economic Zone Development Plan in Border Area, a case study of Savannakhet Province. The study has worked out a plan to set up a Special Econom...
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EITI Report for the Period April 2015- March 2016. Oil, Gas and Mining Sector
The purpose of this Report is to reconcile the data provided by companies operating in the extractive sector (hereafter referred to as “Companies”) with the data provided by rel...
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Decree on the organization and function of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 2017
This Decree outlines the location, roles and duties, scope of rights, organizational structure, principles and working patterns as a reference for the organization and f...
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Trade in natural resources in Attapeu Province, Lao PDR: An assessment of the wildlife trade
This report summarises findings from a field study to investigate trade in natural resources in a Laos demonstration site in Attapeu Province. The report provides an overview of...
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Learning Paper: Lessons from Co-Creation of a Platform for Women in Water Governance in the Mekong Region
In February 2023, the 12-person all-female steering committee convened to begin the process of co-creating this safe space, with security safeguards, a robust governance structu...
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Best practices in compensation and resettlement for large dams: The case of the planned Lower Sesan 2 hydropower project in Northeastern Cambodia
This report is about plans to build the 480 MW and 75 metre high Lower Sesan 2 dam on the Sesan River in Sesan District, Stung Treng Province, northeastern Cambodia, the tens of...
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Freedom of Expression in Cambodia: The Illusion of Democracy
This report is a collection of stories about the current state of freedom of expression in Cambodia. The people in these stories hail from every corner of Cambodia, and come fro...
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Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China, Note Verbale CML/17/2009
Letter from the Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations stating China's sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea
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Transboundary water resources management issues in the Sesan and Srepok river basins
This publication was jointly produced by the National Mekong Committees of Cambodia and Viet Nam, with technical support from the MRC Secretariat. It is an output of the Sesan a...
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Master Plan on Development of the Rule of Law in the Lao PDR toward the year 2020
The Master Plan on the development of the Rule of Law State of the Lao PDR toward the year 2020 consists of three linked and interrelated parts as follows: Part I: The Evaluatio...