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Topics: Poverty policy and regulation

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  • An Analysis of Poverty in Myanmar: Trends between 2004/05 and 2015

    The Myanmar Poverty and Living Conditions Survey (MPLCS) was conducted in early 2015 on a nationally representative sample of households. The survey was undertaken through a c...

  • Integrated household living conditions survey in Myanmar (2009-2010), poverty profile

    This report presents the findings of the Integrated Household Living Conditions Assessment (IHLCA) 2009-2010. The data collection process is first outlined. Data and discussion ...

  • The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Thematic Report on Housing Conditions and Household Amenities

    This report describes the main findings from the information collected in the Census on housing conditions in Myanmar and the access that households have to a range of amenities...

  • Lao Poverty Policy Brief: Why Are Ethnic Minorities Poor?

    An explanation on poverty within Laos, its origins and perpetuating factors, and how it breaks down along demographic lines.

  • The National Identification of Poor Households Programme: A key tool to support equitable development

    The overall objective of the Ministry of Planning Identification of Poor Households Programme is to officially mandate Standardised Procedures for Identification of Poor Househo...

  • The geography of poverty and inequality in the Lao PDR

    A breakdown of economic inequality and resource access in Laos based on geography.

  • decree on poverty and development criteria

    decree on poverty and development criteria

  • Rice contract farming in Lao PDR: Moving from subsistence to commercial agriculture

    Poverty is prevalent among small farms in transition economies such as the Lao PDR, where market failures prevail and subsistence production is the norm. Contract farming is eme...

  • Civil society’s role and contributions towards good government and poverty reduction in the Lao PDR 2015

    Around the world, there is wide recognition that societal, economic and environmental problems cannot be solved by governments acting on their own, and meanwhile there is a grow...

  • Poverty Environment Initiative (PEI) Framework in Lao PDR

    Despite the significant decline in poverty at the national level , poverty persists throughout the country and many people face challenges related to food securit...

  • Land consolidation for poor people in Vietnam: Report summary

    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...

  • Building the foundations for inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Cambodia

    Cambodia will need to diversify the economy providing productive employment opportunities for the 275,000 youths reaching the working age population annually if the returns to l...

  • Thailand Millennium Development Goals Report 2009

    This report shows that Thailand has met several MDGs targets, i.e. poverty and hunger, universal primary education, gender equality, fight against HIV/AIDS, access to clean drin...

  • The impact of the global financial and economic crisis on poverty policy brief

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  • Assessing socioeconomic impacts of transport infrastructure projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion

    This working paper attempts to quantify the links between infrastructure investment and poverty reduction using a multi-region general equilibrium model, supplemented with house...

  • Current trends in employment, and industrial relations and labour laws in Asia

    A presentation about trends in employment, industrial relations and labour laws in Asia. The presenter discusses the population of Asia that constitute the ‘working poor’. They ...

  • Social protection in the Mekong: policy trends and future directions

    The paper analyses the current and possible future development of social protection systems in three Mekong countries: Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The three countries are at...

  • Regional balanced urbanization for inclusive cities development: Urban–rural poverty linkages in secondary cities development in Southeast Asia

    This paper analyzes the potential for poverty reduction with balanced regional urbanization through the development of second-tier cities and secondary towns in Southeast Asia....

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