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Recognizing and Reducing Corruption Risks in Land Management in Vietnam
Since Doi moi, Vietnam has been in a process of rapid and continuous economic growth and social transformation, in which land issues have come to the fore in a variety of ways...
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Reducing Global Poverty Through Universal Primary and Secondary Education
The eradication of poverty and the provision of equitable and inclusive quality education for all are two intricately linked Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As this year’s...
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Meeting Asia's Infrastructure Needs
In 2009, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the ADB Institute projected infrastructure needs for developing Asia from 2010 to 2020 in Infrastructure for a Seamless Asia (Seaml...
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Space Technology and Geographic Information Systems Applications in ADB Projects
To promote more effective applications in the field of sustainable development, sharing best practices is very important. This report provides an overview of the space technolog...
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Country Gender Assessment for Lao PDR: Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Opportunity
This assessment synthesizes information and findings from recent literature and research on gender issues in Lao PDR for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank’s (W...
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Promoting Sustainable Development Through Disaster Risk Management
Despite considerable advances in disaster risk management (DRM) understanding and know-how over the past few decades, there has been no evidence of a long-term decline in loss o...
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Progress toward universal health coverage in ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is characterized by much diversity in terms of geography, society, economic development, and health outcomes. The health syste...
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Water resources and current water use
Research report of a teacher and a group of students from the University of Agriculture and Forestry, Ho Chi Minh City reviews the current status of water resources in the worl...
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Extreme weather events in developing countries and related injuries and mental health disorders - a systematic review
Due to climate change, extreme weather events have an incremental impact on human health. Injuries and mental health disorders are a particular burden of disease, which is broad...
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Undermining lives in laos
This mining project is an example of unsustainable development that would generate severe negative and irreversible social and environment impact, The world bank IFC and the Aus...
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Agribusiness investments in Lao PDR: Opportunities and challenges for poverty reduction 2011
Foreign investors from Asia, Europe, the middle east and the Americas have been traveling the globe in search of agricultural land and commodities to feed their populations and ...
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gtz-rubber-luang-namtha-2008-lao
This case study show the rubber plantation growth and compare to realities situation in both of the border and this case is focusing for relevant sector as: villagers, investor ...
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UNDAF Action Plan 2012-2015 Lao PDR
The United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) Action Plan is the strategic programme framework for the United Nations in the Lao PDR. It describes the collective r...
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Policy brief "Pro-poor policy analysis on cattle productivity and links to industry in Lao PDR"
98% of the total cattle from smallholder farmer, approximate 207,000 farm household 38% of household had cattle
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Rubber barons: how Vietnamese companies and international financiers are driving a land grabbing crisis in Cambodia and Laos
An independent investigative report on the impact of investment of Hoang Anh Gia Lai and Vietnam Rubber Group and two International Financiers (IFC and Deutsche Bank) on local l...
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Traditional Customary Laws and Indigenous Peoples in Asia
For years, traditional laws – or customary laws – in Asia have been eroded. This report argues that remaining customary laws should be retained and discusses the extent to which...
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Gender and climate change adaptation training
The training outcome is very satisfactory. Participants actively involve in the training activities and discussion. They contribute their knowledge and real-life lessons from th...
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Tackling corruption
There are impressive signs of progress in fighting corruption in general and in tackling corruption in the tenure of land, fisheries and forest
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Technical Working Group Performance Review
The objective of this Technical Working Group review is to help strengthen TWG performance in support of the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Rectangular Strategy III and the Nati...