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Lao PDR Disaster Management Reference Handbook 2014
This handbook brings together important information about disaster management and response in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR). Based on extensive research and analysis of...
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A legal brief on Cambodia’s Covid-19 Law used to persecute human rights defenders and other activists
Concerns about the Covid-19 Law were quickly realised when it was immediately used to authorise sweeping restrictions, including repressive lockdowns and the arrests of journali...
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Data and tools to integrate climate and environmental information into public health
During the last 30 years, the development of geographical information systems and satellites for Earth observation has made important progress in the monitoring of the weather, ...
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Development for whom ?
This project is categorized as B3 in the indigenous peoples safeguard categories and project documents states that indigenous peoples in West Kalimantan are included in the rese...
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Struggling against excuses: winning back land in Cambodia
This paper focuses on one community in Cambodia that won back land from a large land deal by grabbing onto the rupture in property relations initiated by a one-year land titling...
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector Needs Assessment September 2006
The overall strategy of the Government is to develop the agriculture sector as well as the nonagricultural sectors in the rural areas to create employment, increase incomes, ...
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Unsettling experiences: Internal resettlement and international aid agencies in Laos
A number of programmes and policies in Laos are promoting the internal resettlement of mostly indigenous ethnic minorities from remote highlands to lowland areas and along roads...
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SDG indicators and analysis: From systemic perspective
Outline; Background; SDG indicators and data collection; Framework of SDG indicators; Implications for national SDGs; implementation, monitoring and reporting
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Understanding children’s work and youth employment outcomes in Laos 2014
Almost 71,000 children age 6-13 years, 6.5 percent of this age group, are in employment in Laos according to 2010 Laos Labour Force and Child Labour Survey (LFCLS 2...
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Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020: Guidelines and Specifications
FAO has been monitoring the world’s forests at 5 to 10-year intervals since 1946. The recent Global Forest Resources Assessments (FRA) have been produced every five years in an ...
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Monitoring and Evaluation for NSDP Implementation System (MENI) Orientation Guidelines
The Royal Government of Cambodia has prepared a National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) 2014-2018 under the leadership of the Ministry of Planning (MOP) and the collaboration...
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Women in Migration Research In Vientiane Capital and Khammouane Province, Lao PDR
This report reveals that migration is very important issue in Lao PDR. In this era of mobility of the workforce, this report explores women’s experiences of migration an...
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Meeting Asia's Infrastructure Needs: Highlights
Infrastructure is essential for development. This publication presents the highlights of a report on the current condition of developing Asia’s infrastructure—defined here as tr...
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Gender roles in managing forest resources and living in rural areas
This report is the result of research on the topic of "gender roles in forest resource management and rural livelihoods", the Center for Gender and Development for Women, the Ce...
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SDG index and dashboards: Lao PDR and neighbours
Global report of SDG index and dashboards of progress towards the SDGs. Regional report on Laos, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Rapid Integrated Assessment - Cambodia SDG Profile
UNDP conducted a rapid integrated assessment of Cambodia’s National Strategic Development Plan 2014-2018 and relevant sector plans and strategies against the SDG targets. The as...
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“Indigenous Practices for Sustainable Social Development: Summary Workshop Repor
Indigenous people play a key role in the domestication, conservation and adaptation of genetic resources and agricultural biodiversity, not just for their immediate surroundings...
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Biodiversity: Facts and Figures
Laura Hood summarises the latest data on the world's biodiversity, with facts and figures on its value and efforts to conserve it. This feature contains the latest data on th...
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Land policy for socioeconomic development in Vietnam
This paper explores land policy for socioeconomic development in Vietnam. The research is based on field work, discussions with officials and scholars and background research, a...
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Policy Mechanism for Developing Special Border Economic Zones in Thailand
Emergence of special border economic zones is a growing phenomenon in Thailand due to advantage of the evolving and facilitating policy instruments, and trade agreements with th...