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Laos - Country partnership framework for the period FY2017-FY2021
This document presents the World Bank Group (WBG) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) with the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) for FY 2017-2021. The WBG CPF aims at su...
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Approaches to SDG 17 Partnerships for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
This publication intends to offer a first approach to Sustainable Development Goal 17: “Partnerships for the Goals”. It includes the perspectives and views of different networks...
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Decree on Adaptation and Measures to Violators of Regulations on Land Traffic, Land Transport and Highway Protection No. 188 / PM, 03/07/2007
This decree sets out the fine rates and measures for those who violate the Land Traffic Act to provide traffic officials.
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Fostering Competitive Cities and Urban Areas in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Building Inclusive Economic Clusters Sustainably
This discussion paper focuses on the urban aspects of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) corridor development and the institutional framework that will be needed to implement invest...
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Economic zones in the ASEAN
Competitive strategies depend on the country’s stage of economic development. Industrial Parks and Special Economic Zones will foster a catch-up strategy in less developed count...
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Turning Land into Capital for Whom? Crises and Alternatives of Land Commodification in Laos
On August 3rd, 2017, the Central Committee of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (hereafter, the Party) the only legally permitted political party and the dominant political i...
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The Seventh Five-Year National Socio- Economic Development Plan (2011-2015) (Lao PDR)
The Seventh Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) is a continuation of the Sixth Five-Year Planand it has an important role in realizing the Ninth Party Congress Resolution, and is regarde...
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Well Begun, Not Yet Done : Vietnam's Remarkable Progress on Poverty Reduction and the Emerging Challenges
This report examines the lives of poor men, women, and children and explores the constraints and opportunities they face today in rising out of poverty. It builds on a rich bo...
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The 2015 National Internal Migration Survey: Major findings
The purpose of the survey was to collect information on internal migration at the national, socio-economic regional levels, and in the two major cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Ci...
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Large-Scale Land Acquisitions for Agricultural Development in Myanmar: A Review of Past and Current Processes
The objective of this study is to provide a synthesis of historical and contemporary processes of large-scale land acquisition for agricultural development in Myanmar. It relies...
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Thailand 4.0 Policy to Become a Mechanism for National Reform
Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has stated the "Thailand 4.0” policy would become a mechanism for national reform to pull Thailand out of the middle-income trap, econom...
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Connecting SDG 14 with the other Sustainable Development Goals through Marine Spatial Planning
Despite the oceans’ incontrovertible contribution to the realisation of sustainable development, the importance assigned by the Millennium Development Goals to the conservation ...
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Camps, children, chemicals, contractors & credit: field observations of labour practices in plantations & other social developments in Savannakhet and Champasak
Report discusses the labour practices observed and changes in the target communities. It provides detailed summary descriptions of work practices and conditions that are contras...
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Myanmar in Deforestation Crisis
Myanmar's forest coverage is down to only a fifth of the country's total area and officials say they want a total ban on exporting wood to foreign countries.The country's Natura...
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Blood bricks: untold stories of modern slavery and climate change from Cambodia
This report tells ten untold stories of modern slavery and climate change. The report reinforces why decent work is a powerful protection against contemporary forms of slavery: ...
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Indo-Burma Wetland Outlook 2022: Towards Wise Use of Indo-Burma's Wetlands
Understanding the current situation of wetlands in the region is key to effectively integrating wetlands within countries' agendas on biodiversity, climate change adaptation and...
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Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity Management
The Master Plan for Integrated Biodiversity Management B.E. 2558-2564 (2015-2021) is the principal biological diversity plan of Thailand, developed in compliance with Article 6 ...
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Lower Mekong Workforce Skills Gap Analysis and Implications for Regional Growth.
This report, commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the Education Data for Decision Making (EdData) II Program, focuses on ways e...
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Politics of Food
Small-scale farmers in Myanmar, where the economy and politics have just recently been liberalized, are witnessing rapid changes driven by international investors. Laws are bein...
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Internationally Recognized Core Labour Standards in Thailand
This report on the respect of internationally recognised core labour standards in Thailand is one of the series the ITUC is producing in accordance with the Ministerial Declarat...