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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...

The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is a rugged, mountainous, landlocked country, with relatively weak infrastructure. As such, the country faces numerous challenges ...

Groundwater is fast becoming an alternative source of fresh water for many rural communities in southern Laos in response to increasing rainfall variability and distribution, in...

The implementation of land consolidation has partially overcome the situation of agricultural land fragmentation in the localities across the country, bringing efficiency to lan...

The Guideline is prepared to support training of government officials in the development and use of spatial planning as an instrument towards sustainable development and better ...

This report covers a mission conducted during the period May 4 to May 12, 2002 for the Integrated Upland Agricultural Research Project (IUARP), Luang Prabhang Province, Laos. A ...

The research employs case studies to grasp the processes and forms of ongoing land consolidation, factors affecting land consolidation, viewpoints on land consolidation and impa...

Minutes of the SWGAB Government/Development Partners Sub-Sector Working Group on Farmer & Agribusiness meeting on 16th September 2013. This document includes happenings and deci...

Paper prepared for presentation at the “ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY”. The World Bank - Washington DC, April 8-11, 2013. "The paper begins with a political e...

The Rice-based Integrated Farming System project, known as RIFS, is the first phase of an integrated rural development program, where agriculture plays a leading role. The pro...

In order to achieve the7th national Socio-economic Development Plan and to graduate from the least developed countries in the year 2020 , the Lao government has been trying to ...

The Sambor Hydropower Dam Alternatives Assessment was conducted by an international team of experts directed by the Natural Heritage Institute (NHI) under a formal agreement (Me...

Press Release: [San Francisco, CA, April 2018] The Mekong River in Southeast Asia is the 8th largest river in the world, traversing eight countries with some 60 million people. ...

This is a rich information source that can be used as an advocacy tool for advancing decent work in Viet Nam. The report provides an overview of recent labour market trends in t...

The VHLSS 2010 was conducted nationwide with a sample size of 69,360 households in 3,133 communes/wards which were representative at national, regional, urban, rural and provinc...

The participatory protection is mean planning creation base on their experiences and local understanding to water resources participatory protection planning, The processing wil...

Remarks by the UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP at a Round Table meeting with the Ministry of Planning and Investment in 2014. Includes notes on MDGs, governance, economic devel...

This technical booklet aims to summarise the procedures, methods and practices for participatory land use planning and land allocation (LUP/LA) as tested and practised in target...

This technical booklet has been prepared to: describe the procedures and methods for establishing temporary land use certificate (TLUC) record books; assist DAFO and PFO staff u...

This book reviews this research and is a resource for those working with lowland rice farmers in research, extension, and development. The book focuses on the rainfed lowland ri...