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Briefing Package: Assessment of Environment and Land-Related Policy, Legal & Regulatory Frameworks, Gaps & Needs of Agricultural Investment Stakeholders in Lao PDR (E-RAI Project)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Village Focus International
2019
This Briefing Packet outlines key findings and recommendations of the E-RAI project in four key topics: 1. Analysis of Legal and Regulatory Frameworks in Laos 2. Assessment of...
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Program participation in a targeted land distribution program and household outcomes: evidence from Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Dwayne Benjamin, Loren Brandt, Brian McCaig, Nguyen Le Hoa
2018
The authors estimates whether a land reform program led to higher incomes for ethnic minority households. In 2002, in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, Program 132 directed the ...
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After decades of conflict, land deadline looms for Myanmar villagers
Myanmar
Archived web content
Rina Chandran
2019
Newspaper article on processes from the 2012 Vacant, Fallow and Virgin Land Management Law.
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The territorial politics of land use planning in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Diana Suhardiman, Oulavanh Keovilignavong, Miles Kenney-Lazar
2019
This paper examines land use planning processes in Laos, particularly how they are shaped and reshaped by key actors interests and strategies across scales and how they are clos...
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Briefing Note on National Land Use Policy: Prepared for discussion
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
FAO, Paul De Wit, EU
2016
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Land and Forest Governance in the Naga Village Republic
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jack Jenkins Hill, Julia Fogerite, Athong Makury, LCG, RRtIP
2018
This report is based on a research project on the Naga customary land tenure system, conducted by Resource Rights for The Indigenous Peoples (RRtIP) in collaboration with Land C...
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Voices of Land from Southern Myanmar: Hein Ze - A Rural Village in Yebyu Township about Land Use Change and Wellbeing
Myanmar
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Environmental and Economic Research Institute, Cing Don Nuam, Nwe ...
2018
This working paper at hand describes the context of land use and human wellbeing in the village Hein Ze in Yebyu Township, Tanintharyi Region, told from the perspective of the v...
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Formalizing inequality: Land titling in Cambodia
Cambodia
Issue and policy briefs
Bugalski, Natalie, Pred, David
2010
This paper highlights the failure of the Cambodia's land titling programme to protect the rights of vulnerable people living on sought-after land in the Heart of Phnom Penh, Boe...
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An examination of policies promoting large-scale investments in farmland in Cambodia
Cambodia
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Sperfeldt, Christoph, Tek, Farrah, Chia-Lung Tai, Billy
2012
The article aims to capture the status quo, more than ten years after the adoption of a new Land Law and almost seven years after the promulgation of the relevant Sub-Decree on ...
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Improving land sector governance in Vietnam: Implementation of Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF)
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Dang Hung Vo, Nguyen Van Thang
2013
This document represents the country report for Vietnam’s national LGAF Study. This Study was undertaken by team of national experts, with support from the World Bank, and in co...
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State of Land in the Mekong Region
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, the ...
2019
In a region in rapid transition, understanding the changing role and contribution of land in development is critical to inform policy, planning and practices towards a sustainab...
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Decree on Land Lease or Concession
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
Prime Minister's Office
2009
Decree on Land Lease or Concession
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The recognition of customary tenure in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Jeremy Ironside
2017
This study begins with a broad overview of customary tenure arrangements in Lao PDR, followed by a discussion of key policy changes over the past 30 years that have impacted on ...
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Community Land Titling in Thailand: The Legal Evolution and Piloting of Titling Policy
Thailand
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Daniel Hayward
2017
The purpose of this thematic study is to provide a comprehensive overview of land tenure systems in Thailand, with a focus upon the recent development of community land titling ...
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How land concessions affect places elsewhere: Telecoupling, political ecology, and large-scale plantations in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Baird,Ian G., Fox, Jefferson
2015
This study investigates the implications of large-scale land concessions in southern Laos and northeastern Cambodia with regard to places outside of actual concession areas, bot...
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Guiding principles towards responsible agricultural investment in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Issue and policy briefs
James Lette, Justine Sylvester, Vanida Khouangvichit
2017
A discussion note from Mekong Region Land governance (MRLG) summarizing findings and recommendations of a multi-stakeholder initiative and study tour conducted in Southern Laos,...
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Lao Version of FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT)
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2012
FAO published its Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security in 2012. The purpos...
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The legal framework of state land leases and concessions in the Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Analysis, discussion papers, and blogs
Dominik Wellmann, Integrated Rural Development in Poverty Regions ...
2012
Discussion paper on the legal framework of state land leases and concessions in Lao PDR. This paper summarizes the relevant laws and regulations and indicate contradictions in t...
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Study on communal land registration in Lao PDR
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Katrin Seidel, Khamla Phanvilay, Bounlath Vorachit, Lau Mua, ...
2007
Field visits to over twenty villages in five different provinces of the Lao PDR have shown that across all ethnic groups, communities use and manage communal lands. Types of lan...
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Land acquisition, investment, and development in the Lao coffee sector: successes and failures
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Oliver Schönweger, Centre for Development and Environment, ...
2015
Looking at the coffee sector in Laos, the authors of this article explore dimensions of the land grab debate that have not yet been sufficiently examined. Coffee concessionaires...