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Analysis of Project 41924 - 014 : Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Project , Lao PDR
Analyzes a foreign investment into a Lao hydro power project, and its impact on local population. Provides recommendations on conducting environmental impact studies and engagin...
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Defintion of Forests: A Review
The definition of word "Forest" differs from region to region, and country to country based on the objectives of management, land use, vegetation type, composition, altitude, e...
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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Shan Ywathit Sub Township
This report details population and socioeconomic statistics of Shan Ywathit Sub township. This report is a series of Township level reports published as part of the 2014 Populat...
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The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Kamamaung Sub Township
This report details population and socioeconomic statistics of Kamamaung Sub township. This report is a series of Township level reports published as part of the 2014 Population...
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Combating Illegal Logging: Lessons from the EU FLEGT Action Plan
This brochure provides an overview of the EU FLEGT Action Plan which was launched in 2003 to propose measures to fight against illegal logging and associated trade. It outlines ...
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Hydro CDM hall of shame
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is meant to catalyze climate-friendly and sustainable projects in low-income countries. In Cambodia, despite a lack of sufficient consultat...
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Shifting Cultivation in Myanmar’s REDD+ Development: A review of three REDD+ program documents
This report provides a review of shifting cultivation across three Myanmar REDD+ programme documents. The initial background study on drivers of deforestation concluded that mor...
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Migrant and Child Labor in Thailand’s Shrimp and Other Seafood Supply Chains Labor Conditions and the Decision to Study or Work: Labor Conditions and the Decision to Study or Work
This research study draws on existing evidence and data from the earlier ILO/IPEC Thailand research projects, and supplements it with qualitative information generated through f...
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No success like failure: Policy versus reality in the Lao forestry sector
Benjamin Hodgdon chronicles the experience of an NGO-supported project recently discontinued by the Lao government to highlight the ongoing serious problems plaguing Laos’ produ...
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Impacts of changes to the population age structure on Vietnam’s economy and policy recommendations
This executive summary provides key updated information and fndings related to the impacts on Vietnam’s economy of changes in the population age structure, and a number of polic...
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) in land in the Lao PDR
Research on foreign direct investment (FDI) in land in Lao PDR, including the policy and legal frameworks, forms of investment, and driving factors of FDI, and recommendations f...
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Turning land into capital: A review of recent research on land concessions for investment in Lao PDR
A review of existing literature related to Lao PDR's "Turning Land into Capital" policy and the status of land concessions and investment in the country. Part 1 of 2 in this rep...
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Community Fisheries Organizations of Cambodia
This publication pulls together the most important insights generated from fieldwork conducted between 2012 and 2015 concerning this particular community empowerment model, the ...
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Management Plan of Braleay Meas community fishery
This community fishery management plan outlines the general situation, demographics, and socio-economic status of the community fishery, resources available in community fishery...
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Financial protection analysis in eight countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region
The study was made to document the financial protection status of eight countries of the South-East Asian region and to investigate the main components of out-of-pocket expendi...
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Summary of economic, social and environmental impact assessments from industrial timber projects in Lao PDR
Summary of economic, social and environmental impact assessments from industrial timber projects in Lao PDR
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Enhancing sustainable development of diverse agriculture in Lao PDR
This volume presents a descriptive and quantitative analysis of the current secondary crop agriculture and development constraints and options. This study focuses on policy reco...
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Land and Forest Allocation in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Comparison of Case Studies from Community-Based Natural Resource Management Research
The key objectives of the workshop were:To learn from the experience of other countries how they have dealt with the question of state, private and community ownership over land...
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Cambodia northwest irrigation sector project
The Northwest Irrigation Sector Project (NWISP) is designed to help reduce poverty in the poor and neglected rural areas of northwest Cambodia by developing irrigated agricultur...
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Vulnerability assessment of climate risks in Attapeu province, Lao PDR
The report of a study to assess household and community vulnerability to floods in Attapeu Province, Laos. This study is one of three assessing the potential consequences of cli...