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Who benefits from land titling? Lessons from Bolivia and Laos
The author researches land titling issues, using the case studies of Bolivia and Laos to explore women's difficulties in acquiring rights to land, involvement of CSOs in titling...
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Conversion timber, forest monitoring, and land-use governance in Cambodia
This report presents an overview of national patterns and practices of forest land clearance during the 2012-2013 dry season as a basis for discussing challenges for Forest Law ...
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Biodiversity Wild Mushrooms–Edible and Medicinal Species Local Knowledge and Use
Due to the rich ecological landscape and biodiversity of Lao PDR, a great number of wild mushrooms are potentially available for domestic consumption and sales. Locally, some ar...
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Study on urban land management and planning in Lao PDR
This study analyzes the institutional landscape, processes and track record of urban planning and land management in Lao PDR, and makes recommendations to improve future plannin...
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Poverty environment initiative (PEI) framework in Lao PDR
The Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) in Lao PDR aims to strengthen capacity of targeted central and provincial authorities to integrate poverty-environment concerns and opp...
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Lao PDR: Climate and Health Country Profile 2015
The profiles provide a snapshot of information about the current and future impacts of climate change on human health, current policy responses in Lao PDR. They also highlight t...
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Education Manual on Indigenous Elders and Engagement with Government
This Education Manual on Indigenous Elders and Engagement with Government is one in a series of leadership training manuals produced by the Indigenous Learning Institute for C...
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Land, rubber and people: Rapid agrarian changes and responses in Southern Laos
This study examines rubber development in Bachiengchaleunsouk (Bachieng) District, Champasak Province, southern Laos, and argues these developments are largely benefiting fore...
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Position paper on tree plantation sector development in Lao PDR
Research on tree plantations in Lao PDR, their effects on smallholders, the legal context that enables plantation, and foreign investment, including recommendations for sustaina...
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Goals, Targets and Indicators & Defining and Prioritizing Targets
This is a collection of 2 background papers prepared by Sonya Suter to explain: a) Definitions and key concepts for the post-2015 development agenda b) Potential criteria for ...
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Vietnam Corruption Barometer 2019
Over the past three years, the anti-corruption legal framework was improved, more anti-corruption actions were implemented, and high-ranking officials involved in corruption wer...
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PM thanks coal-fired power plant protesters for ending their protest
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha thanked the Songkhla-Pattani network against coal-fired power plant for their decision to end the protest in front of the United Nations Buildin...
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Wastewater system operation and maintenance guideline
A general lack of wastewater management planning and various facilities has resulted in the direct discharge of untreated wastewater into the environment, causing environmental ...
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Forest monitoring designed for action
Discover the world’s forests through data Explore over 100 global and local data sets to learn about conservation, land use, forest communities, and much more. This page intr...
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Sand mining and villagers’ livelihoods in Prek Angkun Koh Kong province Cambodia
Sand mining has been taking place over the past several years-with operations still ongoing—across various parts of Cambodia, especially in the coastal regions. In the southwest...
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Mountain agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia
Mountain food security and nutrition are core issues that can contribute positively to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals but paradoxically are often ignored i...
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Catalyzing Green Finance: A Concept for Leveraging Blended Finance for Green Development
The origins of this publication can be traced back to discussions between an Asian Development Bank (ADB) team led by Ayumi Konishi, director general for East Asia Department, w...
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Getting Back on Track: Reviving Growth and Securing Prosperity for All
Analytical work for this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD), a literature review, and feedback from consultations Informed the prioritization of ten “development priorities” fo...
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Letters from theMEKONG TIME FOR A NEW NARRATIVE ON MEKONG HYDROPOWER
This issue brief – the second in Stimson’s “Letters from the Mekong” series – examines the current status of mitigation efforts at Laos’ Xayaburi and Don Sahong dam projects and...
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Thailand Forestry Outlook Study
The Asia-Pacific Forestry Sector Outlook Study (APFSOS) is a wide-ranging initiative to gather information on, and examine, the evolution of key forestry issues as well as to re...