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ADB and the Climate Investment Funds: Climate Change Innovation and Action in Asia and the Pacific
This document presents ADB’s experience in developing Climate Investment Funds (CIF) programs and highlights innovative transformations expected from or already achieved by ADB ...
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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2017
The Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2017 (Key Indicators 2017), the 48th edition of this series, provides statistics on a comprehensive set of economic, financial, socia...
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Urban Development in the Greater Mekong Subregion
This publication on urban development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)—a first of its kind—reflects recognition of the greater potential roles of urban development, increas...
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Devolution of forest-related rights: Comparative analyses of six developing countries
The objectives of this study were to 1) analyse the contents and extent of forest-related rights that can be devolved to the local level according to the prevailing legal fram...
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Ecosystems in the Greater Mekong: Past trends, current status, future possibilities
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan and Guangxi in China) is undergoing unprecedented changes. Many of these are positiv...
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(Thailand) Proposed power development plan (PDP) 2012 and a framework for improving accountability and performance of power sector planning
A paper about Thailand’s Power Development Plan (PDP), the master investment plan for power system development. The authors offer a new PDP, which they argue is more consistent...
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Contract Farming Facilitation Training Course Material
The Northern Uplands Development Programme (NUDP), i s implemented by the Department of Planning, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and has received a Grant fr...
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Beyond the apex: Toward a system level approach to higher education reform in Vietnam
This is the second of two UNDP-sponsored papers on implementing higher education reform in Vietnam. This paper looks beyond the apex to suggest a system-level policy framework...
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ASEAN–ADB Cooperation Toward the ASEAN Community: Advancing Integration and Sustainable Development in Southeast Asia
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 d...
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Asia-Pacific Forests and Forestry to 2020 Forest Policy Brief 03: The Forest Diversity Challenge
Most of the terrestrial biodiversity within the Asia-Pacific region is contained within forests. Protected areas are the mainstay for biodiversity conservation although other fo...
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Lao PDR poverty policy notes : drivers of poverty reduction in Lao PDR
This reports presents key findings of the World Bank's poverty policy notes in Lao PDR.
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Land concessions, land tenure, and livelihood change: Plantation development in Attapeu province, southern Laos
This paper seeks to add to the growing literature on land concessions by examining a recent, high-level concession as a means of understanding three aspects related to concessio...
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Large acquisition of rights on forest lands: Focus on Lao PDR
Review of Lao policy on forest management and land concessions, and their long term impact.
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Forest Cover Changes in Lao Tropical Forests: Physical and Socio-Economic Factors are the Most Important Drivers
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) has been experiencing significant forest depletion since the 1980s, but there is little evidence to demonstrate the major causes and under...
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UNDP-funded extensive research work to identify the conditions to promote sustainable fuelwood and charcoal production and consumption in Cambodia
Over the past five months, GERES Cambodia’s Sector Leader Climate & Development conducted a consulting mission for UNDP about a core topic for GERES: Woodfuels Value Chains and ...
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Management Plan of Khum Tomnub community fishery
Community fishery management plan outlines the general situation, demographics and socio-economic status of community fishery, the resources available in community fishery, fish...
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Management Plan of Boeung Bobel community fishery
Community fishery management plan outlines the general situation, demographics and socio-economic status of community fishery, the resources available in community fishery, fish...
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Management Plan of Preah Konlong community fishery
Community fishery management plan outlines the general situation, demographics and socio-economic status of community fishery, the resources available in community fishery, fish...
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Management Plan of Thnal Dach community fishery
Community fishery management plan outlines the general situation, demographics and socio-economic status of community fishery, resources available in community fishery, fishing,...
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Management Plan of Kampong Brak community fishery
Community fishery management plan outlines the general situation, demographics and socio-economic status of community fishery, resources available in community fishery, fishing,...