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Contract farming in Lao PDR: cases and questions
During the past five years there has been a rapid rise in contract farming in Lao PDR. This report takes a look at what is actually happening in different parts of the coun...
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Women in Natural Disasters:Indicative Findings in Unraveling Gender in Institutional Responses
As the ASEAN moves toward efforts at responding to natural disaters as a region, it has yet to fully integrate the gender approach in its regional disaster response. Already in...
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Economic and trade cooperation zones along belt and road workshop series
According to the source of this case study, this training pack of the workshop series states as follows: 1) contextualize the business environment in Cambodia, 2) discuss the ET...
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Agriculture and natural resources sector needs assessment
This document is the Inception Report for the Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector Needs Assessment (TA: 4843-LAO) to evaluate development in the ANR sector.
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Dashboard Series about Cambodia
This dashboard series aim to illustrate an overview on different situations and status of Cambodia including demographic profiles, economic budget, economic and financial statis...
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Alternative Development or Business as Usual?: Chinas Opium Substitution Policy in Burma and Laos
A significant part of opium and its derivative heroin on the market in China originates from the ‘Golden Triangle’ – roughly the area that spans northern Burma, Thailand and Lao...
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Lao National Biosafety Frameworks
Lao National Biosafety Framework is a combination of policy, legal, administrative and technical instruments that are set in place to address safety for the environment and hu...
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Final environmental impact assessment, Lao Greater Mekong Subregion Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project
Final environmental impact assessment of the Nam Ngum 3 Hydropower Project. The report describes the project and the physical, biological and socio-cultural environment. The rep...
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Desertification in Vietnam and climate change
The report mentions the current situation, causes of land degradation and desertification; solutions to drought and desertification; Land degradation and desertification in the ...
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Vietname's Future Digital Economy: Towards 2030 and 2045
A new report examines the trends affecting the development in Vietnam’s digital economy until 2045. The next wave of digital technologies – artificial intelligence, blockchain, ...
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Participatory poverty assessment (PPA), Attapeu Province, Lao PDR
This report is an assessment of villagers' livelihoods and poverty in Attapeu Province in an effort to pinpoint areas for poverty reduction in development projects.
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Options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam: an assessment in systems design and capacity building needs in Con Cuong District, Nghe An province
The report is about options for monitoring forest degradation in northern Vietnam based on an assessment in systems design and capacity-building needs in Con Cuong District. The...
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Women's land and property rights under customary or traditional tenure systems in five ethnic groups in Lao PDR
An analysis of the the variation in access to justice systems and property rights for women from five ethnic groups in Laos.
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Assessing Women’s Engagement in Environmental Impact Assessments on Infrastructure Projects in Vietnam: Recommendations for Policy and Public Participation in EIA
In the Mekong region, investment projects are mushrooming and causing adverse environmental and social impacts such as increased pollution, loss of natural resources and livelih...
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Social protection in Lao PDR: Frameworks, Vulnerabilities, Coping Strategies and Gaps
This report, produced by the Australian government in conjunction with the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare and Maxwell Stamp, discusses social protection in Lao PDR.
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Climate change and impact in Vietnam
"Climate Change and Impact in Viet Nam" is one of the main subjects of KC.08.13/06-10 project implemented by the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Environment in the 2008-2010 p...
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Accessible WASH in Cambodia
This report documents the overview and status on disability and WASH, legal and policy framework in inclusive WASH in Cambodia. It also depicts the govern...
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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Outlook
The Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Goals Outlook report aims to develop a shared understanding of the opportunities and challenges confronting the region. This report prov...
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Burma and Transnational Crime
Report by the Congressional Research Service on transnational organized crime in Burma (Myanmar). Transnational crime in Burma bears upon U.S. interests as it threatens regional...
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Illegal Immigration to and through Thailand
The Thai police bureau commissioner reports that approximately 500,000 illegal aliens currently live in Thailand. Most are believed to be Burmese employed in fishing and agricul...