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Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-water - 2015 Update and MDG Assessment
As the MDG era comes to a close, this report shows how far we have come. For example, in a major global achievement, the target for safe drinking water was met in 2010, well ahe...
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Commodity Trading in Myanmar: Case Study on Oil and Gas
The primary objective of the assignment is to produce an adequate and comprehensive Commodity Trading Report on disclosure of information regarding revenues from the sales of th...
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Impacts of economic land concessions on project target communities living near concession areas in Virachey National Park and Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakiri province
This is a case study on impacts of Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) project on communities living surrounded in Virachey National Park and Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary, Ratanakiri...
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Gender-related Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (UN Women)
This list is compiled by UN Women, includes all indicators under SDG5 as well as indicators across the framework that explicitly refer to sex, gender, women and girls and/or ar...
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Field study: Nam Et and Phou Loei national biodiversity conservation areas
This field study investigates the economic benefits provided by two adjoiningNational Biodiversity Conservation Areas (NBCAs): Nam Et and Phou Loei (NEPL).
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Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of Viet Nam
Viet Nam’s INDC includes a mitigation and an adaptation component. The mitigation component includes both unconditional and conditional contributions. The unconditional contri...
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Myanmar forestry outlook study
This report analyses the role of the forestry sector in Myanmar. Beginning by outlining the current state of forests and forestry, it then describes trends that will influence f...
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FRA 2015: Terms and Definitions
FAO has been coordinating global forest resources assessments every five to ten years since 1946. The assessments have to a great extent contributed to the improvement of concep...
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Taking Advantage of E-Commerce : Legal, Regulatory and Trade Facilitation Priorities for Lao PDR
The rapid growth of e-commerce globally, including in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), helps lower the costs of trade for Lao PDR exporters, and reduces price...
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Brief information: Ethnic groups in Vietnam: Evidence from the 2009 Population and Housing Census
This brief information provides some main information on the current status, trends and characteristics of some of the largest population groups based on the results of the near...
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2015 Clean Energy Investments Project Summaries
While ADB’s renewable energy investments were slightly under a billion dollars in 2015, the overall renewable energy market is healthier than ever. Bloomberg New Energy Finance,...
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Lao Social Indicator Survey II 2017
The Lao Social Indicator Survey II (LSIS II) was carried out in 2017 by Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB) in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and Sport,...
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An Assessment in Monitoring Options and Capacity Building Needs in Houaphanh Province
This report discusses options for identifying and developing forest monitoring methodologies that can estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from forest degradation. This is...
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Aquaculture in transition: value chain transformation, fish and food security in Myanmar
A research reports authored by Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo , L. Seng Kham, Ulrike Nischan, Thomas Reardon , Duncan Boughton, on Aquaculture in transition: value chain trans...
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Reflections on Thai Civil Society
In this series of papers, KEPA publishes reflections on the state of civil society in the countries in which it operates (Cambodia, Laos, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Thaila...
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Cambodia investment climate statement 2015
Cambodia has experienced rapid economic growth over the last decade. Cambodian gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average annual rate of over eight percent between 2000 and...
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Red Alert: How Fraudulent Siamese Rosewood Exports from Laos and Cambodia are undermining CITES Protection
The 2013 listing of Siamese rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis spp) on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) has failed to protect ...
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Laos: Education
The page provides an overview of the state of education in Lao PDR, as well as the work that Save the Children is doing to improve it.
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Sustainable Development Reporting: Evidence from Thailand
The aims of this research are to investigate the extent of sustainable development (SD) reporting in the 2005-2012 annual reports of listed companies in the Stock Exchange of Th...
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Special Economic Zones for Myanmar
This report examines the current state of Myanmar’s industrial sector, draws comparisons to its neighboring countries, and discusses the potential impacts of SEZ policy on the e...