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Data Collection Survey on Agriculture Sector in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
The Republic of the Union of Myanmar (hereinafter referred to as “Myanmar”), after experiencing a period of military administration since a democratic movement in 1988, enacted ...
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Lao PDR national sustainable energy strategy report on enabling environment and technology innovation ecosystem for affordable sustainable energy options
Analysis of Lao dependence on hydropower and possibilities for development in other forms of renewable energy
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Making Possibilities out of the Impossible: Rural Migrant Workers Backdoor Economies and the Pitfall in Lao PDR
In recent years, rural Lao society has witnessed a fast transition away from traditional land-based livelihood. This tendency is shaped by a collusion between neoliberal Lao sta...
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Progress Report on bean Plantation Activities in Rubber Plantation in Nalae District, Luangnamtha Province
Progress Report on bean Plantation Activities in Rubber Plantation in Nalae District, Luangnamtha Province
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Human rights in Cambodia: The charade of justice (Khmer version)
A report about the justice system in Cambodia. It is argued that despite UNTAC intervention and 15 years of aid to legal and judicial reform, in 2007 the primary functions of th...
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Unbreakable: Building the Resilience of the Poor in the Face of Natural Disasters
This report moves beyond asset and production losses and focuses instead on how natural disasters affect people’s well-being. Here, natural disaster risk and losses are measured...
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Development or Destruction? The Human Rights Impacts of Hydropower Development on Villagers in Southeast Myanmar
Myanmar needs to acknowledge and address a number of salient concerns if it going to use hydropower to meet its future electricity needs. Most of Myanmar’s abundant hydropower r...
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Falling rubber prices in Northern Laos: Local responses and policy options (main report) 2016
Rubber prices in northern Laos have fallen significantly over the last few years, eroding much of the enthusiasm developed by both farmers and government officials in the 1990s ...
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Genealogies of the Political Forest and Customary Rights in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand
How have national and state governments the world over come to “own” huge expanses of territory under the rubric of “national forest,” “national parks,” or “wastelands”? The two...
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United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner
The special procedures of the Human Rights Council are independent human rights experts with mandates to report and advise on human rights from a thematic or country-specific pe...
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Struggles of indigenous women against destructive mining
Laos, South-central Laos, Savannakhet Province, Vilabouly District: Ethnic minority women affected by the Sepon Gold and Copper Mining Project
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Negotiating post-resettlement livelihoods: the Chinese special economic zone and its impact in northwestern Laos
Special economic zones (SEZs) are often employed by the state as a development mechanism to attract foreign direct investment and as a key engine for rural transformation. Drawi...
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Decree No. 205 / PM of the management of export and import management.
This decree has the function of regulating the import and export of goods, in order to comply with the legal system aimed at all conditions to promote export and import reasonably.
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Lao Social Indicator Survey II, Summary Survey Findings Report and Statistical Snapshots
The Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS) II conducted in 2016-2017 is a nation-wide household based survey with a sample size of 23,400, covering all 18 provinces. It aims to gene...
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Country Progress Report: Myanmar at 6th Sub-regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance
This presentation is from the 6th Sub-Regional Workshop on Timber Legality Assurance. It considers forestry in Myanmar and the chain of custody for forest products, including an...
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The Assembly's resolutions on the approval of the revised Constitution. No. 25 / NA
The Assembly's resolutions on the approval of the revised Constitution. No. 25 / NA
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Assessing the influence of four years of Marine Protected Area status in the Koh Rong Marine National Park
In 2016, the Fisheries Administration (FiA), Royal Government of Cambodia, supported by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and local community and NGO partners, proclaimed the fi...
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Analysis of Water Availability and Water Productivity in Irrigated Agriculture
During the past 20 years, Thailand witnessed droughts of varying intensity which put pressure on farming activities. Since the water scarcity problem has placed agricultural pro...
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Decree on the Salary Index of High Level Employees
Decree of the Higher Education Salary Index: Article 1 Principle, 2 Benefits of Indexing, Article 3 Basis and Basic Payments and Other Articles
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Linking food and land tenure security in Lao PDR 2016
This report explores the relationships between land tenure security and food security in Laos, with comparison to other developing countries.